BEA WebLogic Server up to 10.0 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in BEA WebLogic Server up to 10.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0895. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in BEA WebLogic Server up to 10.0 (Application Server Software). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 6.1 through 10.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for application servlets via crafted request headers.

The bug was discovered 02/19/2008. The weakness was disclosed 02/22/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at dev2dev.bea.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-0895 since 02/22/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 87168 (Oracle WebLogic Servlet Unauthorized Access (BEA08-190.01)).

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 (40702), SecurityFocus (BID 27893†), OSVDB (41888†), Secunia (SA29041†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019443†). The entries VDB-41185, VDB-41184, VDB-41183 and VDB-41182 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: dev2dev.bea.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0895 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0895
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41177
X-Force: 40702
SecurityFocus: 27893 - BEA Systems Multiple Products BEA08-183.00 to BEA08-200.00 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29041
OSVDB: 41888 - CVE-2008-0895 - BEA - WebLogic Server - Authentification Bypass Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019443
Vulnerability Center: 17685 - BEA WebLogic and WebLogic Express Remote Unauthorized Access, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0612

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 06/01/2025 08:09
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (56), 08/05/2019 18:10 (12), 06/01/2025 08:09 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:D48:103

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