# CVE-2009-1077: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can bypass password change restrictions to modify other users' passwords, including administrators, leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Mar 2009
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7r32-7wx6-3m6p

## What is CVE-2009-1077?

CVE-2009-1077 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Mar 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Change My Password implementation in the admin interface in Sun Java System Identity Manager (IdM) 7.0 through 8.0 does not enforce the RequiresChallenge property setting, which allows remote authenticated users to change the passwords of other users, as demonstrated by changing the administrator's password.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1077?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sun Java System Identity Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-1077?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1077 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2009-1077 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1077 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2009-1082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1082/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2009-1083](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1083/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2008-5116](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5116/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2008-5115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5115/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2009-1084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1084/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-1077 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-1077 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Mar 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1077 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1077/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1077/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1077
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1077
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1077

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1077/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.