Privilege escalation via unrestricted authentication cookie
Published Aug 21, 2024 · Updated Aug 21, 2024
Privilege management failure in OpenText Privileged Access Manager before 3.7.0.1 allows remote authenticated users unrestricted resource access. After the REST API issues an authentication token, its cookie is accepted for every application resource instead of only authorized resources. Exploitation requires low privileges and user interaction; the cookie enables reading and changing unauthorized resources, with no reported service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Privilege management failure in OpenText Privileged Access Manager before 3.7.0.1 allows remote authenticated users unrestricted resource access. After the REST API issues an authentication token, its cookie is accepted for every application resource instead of only authorized resources. Exploitation requires low privileges and user interaction; the cookie enables reading and changing unauthorized resources, with no reported service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-11846
- Published
- Aug 21, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 21, 2024
- Vendor
- OpenText
- Product
- OpenText NetIQ Privileged Access Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-269, CAPEC-233, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 21, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <3.7.0.1
- Affected versionversion=3.7.0.1 <<
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