01 Record
CVE-2006-2436
WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2 (or any earlier cumulative fix) stores admin and LDAP passwords in plaintext in the FFDC logs when a login to WebSphere fails, which allows attackers to gain
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2 (or any earlier cumulative fix) stores admin and LDAP passwords in plaintext in the FFDC logs when a login to WebSphere fails, which allows attackers to gain
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-05-17 10:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 17:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-05-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f80ef795577678d6aa9048388d5571b076259c17a9d66d599198a705c2e525b2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www-1.ibm.comPK17589http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PK17589&apar=only
- www-1.ibm.comhttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27006881
- securityreason.com910http://securityreason.com/securityalert/910
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-1736http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1736
- secunia.com20032http://secunia.com/advisories/20032
- archives.neohapsis.com20060509 IBM Websphere Application Server Multiple Vulnerabilitieshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0175.html