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Improper Authentication

CVE-2013-6806

Medium
6.8/10

Summary

OpenText Exceed OnDemand (EoD) 8 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to disable bidirectional authentication and obtain sensitive information via a crafted string in a response, which triggers a downgrade to simple authentication that sends credentials in plaintext.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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  • Published