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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2011-1310

Severity Low
Score 1.9/10

Summary

The Administrative Scripting Tools component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1.0.x before 6.1.0.35 and 7.x before 7.0.0.15, when tracing is enabled, places wsadmin command parameters into the (1) wsadmin.traceout and (2) trace.log files, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading these files.

  • MEDIUM
  • 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