CVE-2008-4294 Information

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.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/32036 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31414 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2690 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ21888 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45419