CVE-2002-0507 - Improper Authentication

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

An interaction between Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) with RSA SecurID allows local users to bypass the SecurID authentication for a previous user via several submissions of an OWA Authentication request with the proper OWA password for the previous user, which is eventually accepted by OWA.

An interaction between Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) with RSA SecurID allows local users to bypass the SecurID authentication for a previous user via several submissions of an OWA Authentication request with the proper OWA password for the previous user, which is eventually accepted by OWA.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Demo Examples

Improper Authentication

CWE-287

The following code intends to ensure that the user is already logged in. If not, the code performs authentication with the user-provided username and password. If successful, it sets the loggedin and user cookies to "remember" that the user has already logged in. Finally, the code performs administrator tasks if the logged-in user has the "Administrator" username, as recorded in the user cookie.


               
}
}
ExitError("Error: you need to log in first");
);
);
DoAdministratorTasks();

Unfortunately, this code can be bypassed. The attacker can set the cookies independently so that the code does not check the username and password. The attacker could do this with an HTTP request containing headers such as:


               
[body of request]

By setting the loggedin cookie to "true", the attacker bypasses the entire authentication check. By using the "Administrator" value in the user cookie, the attacker also gains privileges to administer the software.

Improper Authentication

CWE-287

Overview

First reported 22 years ago

2002-08-12 04:00:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-04-02 15:32:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5

5.5

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 1

5.5

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 2

5.5

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3

5.5

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4

5.5

Microsoft Exchange Server 2000

2000

Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Service Pack 1

2000

Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Service Pack 2

2000

RSA SecurID 5.0

5.0

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