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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2009-0504

Low
2.1/10

Summary

WSPolicy in the Web Services component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.0.x before 7.0.0.1 does not properly recognize the IDAssertion.isUsed binding property, which allows local users to discover a password by reading a SOAP message.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published