6.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
9.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.0%
IBM Websphere application server is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.807622");
script_version("2024-02-20T05:05:48+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1885");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-20 05:05:48 +0000 (Tue, 20 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-03-21 14:49:58 +0530 (Mon, 21 Mar 2016)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_name("IBM Websphere Application Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Mar 2016)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"IBM Websphere application server is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaws is due to when
OAuth grant type of password is used.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to gain elevated privileges on the system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
7.0 before 7.0.0.39, 8.0 before 8.0.0.11, 8.5 Liberty Profile before 8.5.5.5,
and 8.5 Full Profile before 8.5.5.6");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to IBM WebSphere Application
Server (WAS) or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21697368");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74219");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web Servers");
script_dependencies("gb_ibm_websphere_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ibm_websphere_application_server/installed");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!wasVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE, nofork:TRUE))
exit(0);
if(version_in_range(version:wasVer, test_version:"7.0", test_version2:"7.0.0.38"))
{
fix = "7.0.0.39";
VULN = TRUE;
}
else if(version_in_range(version:wasVer, test_version:"8.0", test_version2:"8.0.0.10"))
{
fix = "8.0.0.11";
VULN = TRUE;
}
else if(version_in_range(version:wasVer, test_version:"8.5", test_version2:"8.5.5.4"))
{
fix = "8.5.5.5";
VULN = TRUE;
}
if(VULN)
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:wasVer, fixed_version:fix);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);