Blue Coat Systems K9 Web Protection 4.0.230 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Blue Coat Systems K9 Web Protection 4.0.230 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-4515. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Blue Coat Systems K9 Web Protection 4.0.230. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Blue Coat K9 Web Protection 4.0.230 Beta relies on client-side JavaScript as a protection mechanism, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the (1) summary, (2) detail, (3) overrides, and (4) pwemail pages by disabling JavaScript.

The bug was discovered 10/02/2008. The weakness was released 10/09/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4515 since 10/09/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 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 X-Force (45696), SecurityFocus (BID 31584†), OSVDB (49034†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-19694†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/02/2008 🔍
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10/04/2008 +2 days 🔍
10/09/2008 +5 days 🔍
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10/13/2008 +4 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2346 days 🔍
08/18/2019 +1615 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-4515 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4515
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44426
X-Force: 45696
SecurityFocus: 31584 - K9 Web Protection Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 49034 - K9 Web Protection - Authentication Bypass Issues
Vulnerability Center: 19694 - Blue Coat K9 Web Protection 4.0.230 Beta Remote Authentication Bypass, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/18/2019 09:37
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (56), 08/18/2019 09:37 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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