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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4277 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:08:34.957Z

Reserved: 2008-09-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4294

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-09-27T10:30:03.570

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-4294

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