Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0

CVE-2018-1840 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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