CVE-2008-4285 — Unspecified vulnerability in the Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) feature in the Servlet Engine/Web Container component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1.x before 6.1.0.19, when a component statistic is enabled, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via vectors related to "a gradual degradation in performance."

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Unspecified vulnerability in the Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) feature in the Servlet Engine/Web Container component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1.x before 6.1.0.19, when a component statistic is enabled, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via vectors related to "a gradual degradation in performance."

Published Feb 17, 2009

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.16%

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) feature in the Servlet Engine/Web Container component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1.x before 6.1.0.19, when a component statistic is enabled, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via vectors related to "a gradual degradation in performance."

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.16% 0.01157

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01157

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	1.16% (0.01157)	65.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.16% (0.01157)	62.82th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.41% (0.00408)	59.07th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.24% (0.00235)	62.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.24% (0.00243)	63.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.24% (0.00243)	60.40th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00954)	36.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 2, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	34.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	32.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	16.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-399

References (3)

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24019260
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatchVendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48698
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24019260		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatchVendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48698		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 17, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 26, 2008

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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