CVE-2010-0557 describes a critical vulnerability in IBM Cognos Express 9.0, where hardcoded credentials grant attackers unauthorized access to the Tomcat Manager component. This allows for potential denial of service and other unspecified access, earning a CVSS score of 7.5. The vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit modules exist in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating readily available tools for exploitation, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_express:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.