CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-2408

Session Fixation

Published: Apr 10, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.3
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Improper Session Management in SAP Business Objects, 4.0, from 4.10, from 4.20, 4.30, CMC/BI Launchpad/Fiorified BI Launchpad. In case of password change for a user, all other active sessions created using older password continues to be active.

Weakness

Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Businessobjects Sap 4.0 (including) 4.0 (including)
Businessobjects Sap 4.10 (including) 4.10 (including)
Businessobjects Sap 4.20 (including) 4.20 (including)
Businessobjects Sap 4.30 (including) 4.30 (including)

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

In the generic exploit of session fixation vulnerabilities, an attacker creates a new session on a web application and records the associated session identifier. The attacker then causes the victim to associate, and possibly authenticate, against the server using that session identifier, giving the attacker access to the user’s account through the active session.

Potential Mitigations

References