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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2014-8309

Medium
5/10

Summary

SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 and BusinessObjects XI (BOXI) R2 and 3.1 generates error messages for a failed logon attempt with different time delays depending on whether the user account exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via SecEnterprise authentication requests to the Session web service.

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

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published