CVE-2004-2696 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit RMI/IIOP login handling to use unexpected user identities, potentially gaining unauthorized access or privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2004-2696?

CVE-2004-2696 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 6 Oct 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 6.1, 7.0, and 8.1, when using Remote Method Invocation (RMI) over Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP), does not properly handle when multiple logins for different users coming from the same client, which could cause an "unexpected user identity" to be used in an RMI call.

Weakness: CWE-255

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2696?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Bea Weblogic Server.

How do I fix CVE-2004-2696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2004-2696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Bea Weblogic Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8924-w9cg-j6hh.

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