VDB-27523 · CVE-2005-4274 · OSVDB 21940

Business Objects WebIntelligence 6.5 Authentication Mechanism denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Business Objects WebIntelligence 6.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Authentication Mechanism. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-4274. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (21940†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015355†). 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: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

12/14/2005 🔍
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12/15/2005 +1 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3374 days 🔍
09/05/2019 +1638 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-4274 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4274
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27523
OSVDB: 21940 - CVE-2005-4274 - Business Objects - WebIntelligence - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1015355

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 09/05/2019 16:33
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (52), 09/05/2019 16:33 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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