V-255856
IBM WebSphere Traditional V9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
Title
The WebSphere Application Server process must not be started from the command line with the -password option.
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The use of the -password option to launch a WebSphere process from the command line can result in a security exposure. Password information may become visible to any user with the ability to view system processes. For example, on a Linux system the "ps" command will display all running processes, which would include all of the command line flags used to start a WebSphere process.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false...
Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)
When starting WebSphere commands, such as wsadmin, stopManager, stopNode, stopServer, or syncNode; do not use the "-password <password>" option. Use the interactive mode instead; you will be prompted for user id and password. For scripts, you may configure user id and password in the "connector properties" files. These files are under "Profile_Root/Properties" folder. - soap.client.props: for default SOAP - sas.client.props : for RMI and JSR160RMI connectors - ipc.client.props: for IPC connector