CVE-2006-6641 Auth bypass in n/a
Attackers can hijack sessions and credentials when multiple portal servers share a data store, leading to unauthorized access and privilege escalation.
- 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-2006-6641?
CVE-2006-6641 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Dec 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in CA CleverPath Portal before maintenance version 4.71.001_179_060830, as used in multiple products including BrightStor Portal r11.1, CleverPath Aion BPM r10 through r10.2, eTrust Security Command Center r1 and r8, and Unicenter, does not properly handle when multiple Portal servers are started at the same time and share the same data store, which might cause a Portal user to inherit the session and credentials of a user who is on another Portal server.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6641?
It affects 11 products.
Products include Arcserve Brightstor, Broadcom Cleverpath Portal, Cleverpath Aion Bpm, Cleverpath Portal, Etrust Security Command Center, Unicenter Asset and Portfolio Management and 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6641?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6641 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-2006-6641 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6641 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4hvj-64cx-35mp.