CVE-2010-3898
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 · uneditedIBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition 8.x and 9.x does not properly restrict the cookie path of administrator (aka ESAdmin) cookies, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging access to other pages on the web site.
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 · moderate confidenceIBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition 8.x and 9.x fails to restrict the cookie path for ESAdmin (administrator) authentication cookies. When cookies are set without explicit path restrictions, they become accessible across all paths on the domain, potentially allowing attackers who can access other pages on the same web site to steal or reuse administrator cookies and bypass authentication controls.
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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
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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 installed IBM OmniFind versionLocate the IBM OmniFind installation and check the version number displayed in the product documentation, About section, or installation files. Common locations include the installation directory or the product welcome page.Affected if The installed version is 8.0, 8.4, 8.5, 9.0, or 9.1
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Confirm ESAdmin interface is in useDetermine if the ESAdmin (Enterprise Search Administrator) web interface is enabled and accessible. This is typically accessed via a URL path such as /ESAdmin or /admin on the OmniFind server.Affected if ESAdmin interface is accessible and used for administrative authentication
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Capture ESAdmin authentication cookieLog in to the ESAdmin interface using valid administrator credentials. Use browser developer tools or a network capture tool to intercept the HTTP response and inspect the Set-Cookie header for the authentication session cookie.Affected if A session cookie is returned without a Path attribute or with Path=/ (root)
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Verify cookie path attributeExamine the Set-Cookie header value for the ESAdmin authentication cookie. Look for the 'Path=' directive and determine what path value is specified.Affected if The Path attribute is missing entirely or is set to Path=/, meaning the cookie is sent to all paths on the domain
A user is affected if they are running IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition version 8.0, 8.4, 8.5, 9.0, or 9.1 AND the ESAdmin authentication cookie lacks a restrictive Path attribute, allowing the cookie to be accessed across all paths on the domain.
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 dataConfigure the ESAdmin cookies to use a restrictive path attribute (e.g., Path=/admin or Path=/esadmin) so they are only sent to and accessible from the intended administrator interface, not other pages on the domain.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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