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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2011-1368

Medium
5/10

Summary

The JavaServer Faces (JSF) application functionality in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.x before 8.0.0.1 does not properly handle requests, which allows remote attackers to read unspecified files via unknown vectors.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • 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