Session hijacking via missing Secure cookie flag
Published Feb 5, 2020 · Updated Aug 6, 2024
Improper authentication in IBM Workflow for Bluemix allows remote attackers to capture session cookies via intercepted HTTP transmission. The service omits the Secure attribute when issuing a session cookie over HTTPS, allowing browsers to send that cookie over HTTP where a man-in-the-middle attacker can read it. Exploitation requires network interception and a victim request carrying the cookie over HTTP; the captured cookie enables session impersonation without evidence of direct service disruption.
Summary
What happened
Improper authentication in IBM Workflow for Bluemix allows remote attackers to capture session cookies via intercepted HTTP transmission. The service omits the Secure attribute when issuing a session cookie over HTTPS, allowing browsers to send that cookie over HTTP where a man-in-the-middle attacker can read it. Exploitation requires network interception and a victim request carrying the cookie over HTTP; the captured cookie enables session impersonation without evidence of direct service disruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2015-0102
- Published
- Feb 5, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- IBM Workflow for Bluemix
- Classifications
- CWE-287, T1539
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 5, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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