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Improper Authentication

CVE-2014-4631

Medium
5/10

Summary

RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) 6.0.2.1 through 7.1 P3, when using device binding in a Challenge SOAP call or using the RSA Adaptive Authentication Integration Adapters with Out-of-Band Phone (Authentify) functionality, conducts permanent device binding even when authentication fails, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • 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