CVE-2006-4099

Description

Business Objects Crystal Enterprise 9 and 10 generates predictable session identifiers, which allows remote attackers to hijack sessions of other users via WCSID cookie values.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.11% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory mwrinfosecurity.com Vendor Advisory gov.uk

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21350	vdb entry
http://support.businessobjects.com/communityCS/FilesAndUpdates/ce10win_en.pdf
http://secunia.com/advisories/23137	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.uniras.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20061128-00818.pdf	patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30568	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4748	vdb entry
http://www.mwrinfosecurity.com/advisories/MWR_crystal-reports-weak-sessions-advisory_2006-11-28.pdf	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4099?: CVE-2006-4099 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4099?: To fix CVE-2006-4099, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-4099 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-4099 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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