Race conditions in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 8.5 Liberty Profile before 8.5.5.5 leading to privilege escalation

CVE-2015-1882 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Multiple race conditions in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 8.5 Liberty Profile before 8.5.5.5 allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging thread conflicts that result in Java code execution outside the context of the configured EJB Run-as user.

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