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Improper Authentication

CVE-2008-5809

Medium
5.8/10

Summary

futomi CGI Cafe Access Analyzer CGI Standard 4.0.1 and earlier and Access Analyzer CGI Professional 4.11.3 and earlier use a predictable session id, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions, and obtain sensitive information about analysis results, via a modified id.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • 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