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CVE-2006-0511

CVE information

Published

18 years ago

Last Modified

1 week ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

Blackboard Academic Suite 6.0 and earlier does not properly clear session information when de-authenticating a user who is idle, which allows subsequent users to log in as the previous user and gain privileges. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue, saying that "This is a customer specific issue related to their Kerberos authentication single sign-on application and not a vulnerability in the Blackboard product..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
4.3/10
Exploit Score
3.1/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
Single
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:blackboard:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:blackboard:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:blackboard:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:blackboard:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:blackboard:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:blackboard_academic_suite:6.0:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -