CVE-2018-1840

high

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused when a security domain is configured to use a federated repository other than global federated repository and then migrated to a newer release of WebSphere Application Server. IBM X-Force ID: 150813.

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10735767

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150813

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106141

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-12-03

Updated: 2019-10-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High