CVE-2008-4294
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop 2.1 before 2.1.0.5 preserves cached user privileges after logout, which...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-4294- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-4294- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-4277 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2008-4277- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vmw6-43v5-r7vm No score
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop 2.1 before 2.1.0.5 preserves cached user privileges after logout, which...
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.
- Record
GHSA-vmw6-43v5-r7vm- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-4294 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Ibm Tivoli Netcool Webtop, published September 27, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2690
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45419
secunia.com/advisories/32036
securityfocus.com/bid/31414
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ21888
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4294
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vmw6-43v5-r7vm