CVE-2014-3015
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 · uneditedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Web player in IBM Sametime Proxy Server and Web Client 9.0 through 9.0.0.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that insert XSS sequences.
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 confidenceCSRF vulnerability in IBM Sametime Proxy Server and Web Client 9.0-9.0.0.1 Web player allows remote attackers to hijack authenticated user sessions and inject XSS sequences through forged requests.
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= 9.0.0.0= 9.0.0.1CVSS 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 Sametime Proxy Server and Web Client versionLocate and inspect the installed version of IBM Sametime Proxy Server and Web Client. This is typically found in the product's about panel, installation directory, or version configuration file.Affected if The installed version is 9.0.0.0 or 9.0.0.1 exactly.
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Confirm Web player component is enabledCheck the IBM Sametime configuration to determine whether the Web player feature is actively enabled. This is usually configurable in the Sametime Administration console or configuration files.Affected if The Web player component is enabled and running.
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Inspect Web player HTTP requests for anti-CSRF protectionCapture and examine HTTP requests generated by the Web player functionality. Look for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens, unique session identifiers, or referer validation in request headers and form submissions.Affected if HTTP requests from the Web player lack anti-CSRF tokens or token validation is absent.
You are affected if you are running IBM Sametime Proxy Server or Web Client version 9.0.0.0 or 9.0.0.1 with the Web player component enabled and without anti-CSRF token protection in place.
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 dataApply IBM Sametime security patches for versions 9.0 through 9.0.0.1; implement anti-CSRF tokens in the Web player component as a defense-in-depth measure.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2014-3015 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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