BEA WebLogic Server up to 8.1 SP2 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in BEA WebLogic Server up to 8.1 SP2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-0471. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BEA WebLogic Server up to 8.1 SP2 (Application Server Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 7.0 through SP5 and 8.1 through SP2 does not enforce site restrictions for starting and stopping servers for users in the Admin and Operator security roles, which allows unauthorized users to cause a denial of service (service shutdown).

The weakness was presented 05/12/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at dev2dev.bea.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0471 since 05/13/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86655 (BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express Denial of Service Vulnerability).

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 databases at X-Force (16121), SecurityFocus (BID 10327†), OSVDB (6077†), Secunia (SA11594†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1010129†). See VDB-21922 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/11/2004 🔍
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05/12/2004 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: dev2dev.bea.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0471 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0471
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21923
X-Force: 16121
SecurityFocus: 10327 - BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 11594
OSVDB: 6077 - BEA WebLogic Unprivileged Stop/Start
SecurityTracker: 1010129
Vulnerability Center: 4389 - WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express Security Bypass Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/17/2014 16:28
Updated: 07/12/2025 20:41
Changes: 10/17/2014 16:28 (63), 05/21/2019 17:39 (6), 07/12/2025 20:41 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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