BEA WebLogic Server up to 8.1 cleartext storage

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.3$0-$5k0.00

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in BEA WebLogic Server up to 8.1 (Application Server Software). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component WebLogic Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 8.1 through SP3, 7.0 through SP6, and 6.1 through SP7, when SSL is intended to be used, causes an unencrypted protocol to be used in certain unspecified circumstances, which causes user credentials to be sent across the network in cleartext and allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

The bug was discovered 10/12/2005. The weakness was shared 10/10/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at dev2dev.bea.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4704 since 02/01/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 87192 (Oracle WebLogic Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEA05-85.00 through BEA05-99.00,BEA05-101.00,BEA05-104.00)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (22567). The entries 1787, 28476, 28076 and 28075 are related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
ATT&CK: T1555

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Dayunlockunlockunlockunlock
Todayunlockunlockunlockunlock

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

10/10/2005 🔍
10/10/2005 +0 days 🔍
10/11/2005 +0 days 🔍
10/12/2005 +1 days 🔍
10/20/2005 +8 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +71 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +0 days 🔍
02/01/2006 +32 days 🔍
07/13/2006 +162 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3164 days 🔍
06/22/2019 +1563 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: dev2dev.bea.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4704 (🔍)
X-Force: 22567
Vulnerability Center: 12256 - BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express Use Unencrypted Protocol Against Requirement, Medium
SecurityFocus: 15052 - BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17138 - BEA WebLogic 24 Vulnerabilities and Security Issues, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 20094 - BEA WebLogic One-way SSL Session Encryption Failure

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/22/2019 11:34
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (68), 06/22/2019 11:34 (1)
Complete: 🔍

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

Are you interested in using VulDB?

Download the whitepaper to learn more about our service!