CVE-2013-6798 Auth bypass in n/a
Attackers can bypass remote file-access restrictions in BlackBerry Link via IPv6 WebDAV requests due to improper user account determination during successive logins.
- 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-2013-6798?
CVE-2013-6798 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Nov 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
BlackBerry Link before 1.2.1.31 on Windows and before 1.1.1 build 39 on Mac OS X does not properly determine the user account for execution of Peer Manager in certain situations involving successive logins with different accounts, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended restrictions on remote file-access folders via IPv6 WebDAV requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-3694.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6798?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Blackberry Blackberry Link.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6798?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6798 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-2013-6798 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6798 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qmjj-q2rr-fr9f.