CVE-2014-5375 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Remote authenticated users can impersonate arbitrary users by manipulating message owner tags, leading to 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-2014-5375?

CVE-2014-5375 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Oct 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The server in Adaptive Computing Moab before 7.2.9 and 8 before 8.0.0 does not properly validate the message owner matches the submitting user, which allows remote authenticated users to impersonate arbitrary users via the UserId and Owner tags.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5375?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Adaptivecomputing Moab.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5375?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-5375 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-2014-5375 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5375 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8hfp-x3gr-3rfw.

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