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CVE-2009-1173 IBM WebSphere Application Server

Affected softwareIBM WebSphere Application Server
Severity2.1 Low CVSS 2.0
WeaknessCWE-264
Published31 Mar 2009
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.0 before 7.0.0.3 uses weak permissions (777) for files associated with unspecified "interim fixes," which allows attackers to modify files that would not have been accessible if the intended 755 permissions were used.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 17 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.34% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read
Finding This CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

1 product, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd ibm websphere application server generic 7.0 · 7.0.0.1

References

URLTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/34131
http://secunia.com/advisories/34461 Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK77590
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK82988
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34259
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0854 Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2009-03-31By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.