Session hijacking in Hirschmann products - CVE-2018-5465

 

Session hijacking in Hirschmann products - CVE-2018-5465

Published: March 7, 2018 / Updated: March 7, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10875
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5465
CWE-ID: CWE-384
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Hirschmann
Affected software:
OCTOPUS
MS
MACH4000
MACH1000
MACH100
RSB
RSR
RS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform session fixation attack on the target system.

The weakness exists in the web interface due to session fixation vulnerability. A remote attacker can hijack an existing user's session.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-5465

Workarounds are available on vendor's website.

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