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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-3898 · published 12 November 2010

CVE-2010-3898: Ibm omnifind permissions and access controls vulnerability

Ibm · Omnifind

IBM 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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.3% · top 30.2% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
1.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

IBM 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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://security.fatihkilic.de/advisory/fkilic-sa-2010-ibm-omnifind.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514688/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44740
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2933 Vendor Advisory
http://security.fatihkilic.de/advisory/fkilic-sa-2010-ibm-omnifind.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514688/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44740
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2933 Vendor Advisory

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9.3CVE-2010-3894Ibm omnifind memory buffer overflow vulnerabilityStack-based buffer overflow in the Java_com_ibm_es_oss_CryptionNative_ESEncrypt function in /opt/IBM/es/lib/libffq.cryptionjni.so in the login form i…EPSS 12%7.5CVE-2010-3893Ibm omnifind permissions and access controls vulnerabilityThe administrator interface in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition 8.x and 9.x does not restrict use of a session ID (aka SID) value to a single IP addre…EPSS 2.4%7.5CVE-2010-3896Ibm omnifind improper authentication vulnerabilityThe ESSearchApplication directory tree in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition 8.x and 9.x does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers …EPSS 1.6%7.2CVE-2010-3895Ibm omnifind permissions and access controls vulnerabilityesRunCommand in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition before 9.1 allows local users to gain privileges by specifying an arbitrary command name as the first…EPSS 0.77%6.9CVE-2010-4236Ibm omnifind vulnerabilityUntrusted search path vulnerability in estaskwrapper in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition before 9.1 allows local users to gain privileges via an ES_LI…EPSS 0.87%6.8CVE-2010-3892Ibm omnifind vulnerabilitySession fixation vulnerability in the login form in the administrator interface in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition 8.x and 9.x allows remote attacker…EPSS 1.2%6.8CVE-2010-3891Ibm omnifind cross-site request forgery vulnerabilityCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ESAdmin/security.do in the administrator interface in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition before 9.1 a…EPSS 1.1%5.0CVE-2010-3897Ibm omnifind vulnerabilityESSearchApplication/palette.do in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition 8.x and 9.x includes the administrator password in the HTML source code, which migh…EPSS 1.2%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-3898), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.