Business Objects WebIntelligence 6.5 Authentication Mechanism denial of service
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Business Objects WebIntelligence 6.5. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Authentication Mechanism. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in Business Objects WebIntelligence 6.5x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (user account lock out) via unknown attack vectors related to "authentication mechanisms" and "form input."
The bug was discovered 12/14/2005. The weakness was presented 12/15/2005 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-4274 since 12/15/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
Vendor
Name
Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/14/2005 🔍12/14/2005 🔍
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03/12/2015 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2005-4274 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1015355
OSVDB: 21940 - CVE-2005-4274 - Business Objects - WebIntelligence - Unspecified Issue
Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 11:11Updated: 09/05/2019 16:33
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (52), 09/05/2019 16:33 (3)
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