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.
References
- ADV-2008-2690 vdb-entry
- tivoli-netcoolwebtop-privilege-escalation(45419) vdb-entry
- 32036 third-party-advisory
- 31414 vdb-entry
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932
- IZ21888 vendor-advisory