CVE-2010-3892
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSession fixation vulnerability in the login form in the administrator interface in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition 8.x and 9.x allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by replaying a session ID (aka SID) value.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSession fixation vulnerability in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition's admin login form allows attackers to pre-set or predict session IDs (SID) before victim authentication. Upon victim login using the attacker-controlled SID, the attacker can hijack the authenticated session by reusing the same SID.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 8.0= 8.4= 8.5= 9.0= 9.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify IBM OmniFind installation and versionLocate the IBM OmniFind installation directory and check the version information file, or use the product's version command if availableAffected if Installed version matches 8.0, 8.4, 8.5, 9.0, or 9.1
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Confirm admin interface is accessibleVerify the OmniFind admin web interface is reachable at the expected URL path (typically /osc Navigator or similar admin endpoints)Affected if Admin interface is exposed and accessible over the network
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Verify session ID behavior after loginUsing a browser or HTTP tool, obtain a session ID from the admin login page, perform a login with those credentials, then check if the session ID changes after successful authenticationAffected if Session ID remains the same before and after login (session is NOT regenerated)
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Check for existing session management configurationExamine OmniFind configuration files for session management settings related to session ID regeneration or timeout policiesAffected if No session ID regeneration mechanism is configured or documented
A defender is affected if IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition versions 8.0, 8.4, 8.5, 9.0, or 9.1 is installed and the admin login does not regenerate session IDs after successful authentication.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement session ID regeneration upon successful authentication - invalidate the pre-login session ID and issue a new, cryptographically random session ID after successful login to prevent session fixation attacks.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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