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Improper Authentication

CVE-2007-5113

Medium
5/10

Summary

report.cgi in Google Urchin allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain sensitive information (web server logs) via certain modified query parameters, as demonstrated using the profile, rid, prefs, n, vid, bd, ed, dt, and gtype parameters, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5112.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published