BEA WebLogic 8.1 Private Key information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in BEA WebLogic 8.1. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Private Key Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-2546. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in BEA WebLogic 8.1 (Application Server Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Private Key Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A recommended admin password reset mechanism for BEA WebLogic Server 8.1, when followed before October 10, 2005, causes the administrator password to be stored in cleartext in the domain directory, which could allow attackers to gain privileges.

The weakness was published 05/16/2006 with BEA (Website). The advisory is shared at dev2dev.bea.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2546 since 05/22/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at dev2dev.bea.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26460), SecurityFocus (BID 17982†), Secunia (SA20130†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016101†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2237, VDB-2243, VDB-2241 and VDB-2244. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: dev2dev.bea.com

Timelineinfo

05/15/2006 🔍
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05/16/2006 +1 days 🔍
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05/19/2006 +3 days 🔍
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04/21/2018 +4351 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: dev2dev.bea.com
Researcher: http://www.bea.com
Organization: BEA
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2546 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2546
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2245
X-Force: 26460 - BEA WebLogic Server admin password reset cleartext
SecurityFocus: 17982 - BEA WebLogic Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20130 - BEA WebLogic Server/Express Multiple Security Issues, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1016101
Vupen: ADV-2006-1828

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/19/2006 18:31
Updated: 04/21/2018 09:29
Changes: 05/19/2006 18:31 (65), 04/21/2018 09:29 (9)
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Cache ID: 216:1AB:103

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