# CVE-2011-3417: Auth bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass authentication and access arbitrary user accounts via crafted URLs when sliding expiry is enabled in ASP.NET Forms Authentication.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2011
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4wfc-x9hh-8qhv

## What is CVE-2011-3417?

CVE-2011-3417 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 30 Dec 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Forms Authentication feature in the ASP.NET subsystem in Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 3.5 SP1, 3.5.1, and 4.0, when sliding expiry is enabled, does not properly handle cached content, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to arbitrary user accounts via a crafted URL, aka "ASP.NET Forms Authentication Ticket Caching Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3417?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-3417?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-3417 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2011-3417 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3417 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 7

- [CVE-2015-1635](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1635/): Microsoft HTTP.sys Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-2360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2360/): Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-6324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6324/): Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-6332](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6332/): Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Automation Array Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-4148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4148/): Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-3417 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-3417 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 30 Dec 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3417 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Windows 7. 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-2011-3417/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3417/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3417
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3417
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-3417

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