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CVE-2008-4294

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2008-09-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop 2.1 before 2.1.0.5 preserves cached user privileges after logout, which allows physically proximate attackers to hijack a session by visiting an unattended workstation, as demonstrated by a root session that is still valid after a subsequent read-only session has begun.

Affected Platforms

Ibm Tivoli Netcool Webtop

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References