Vulnerability in Blackboard
CVE-2006-0511
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Blackboard — versions 5.0, 5.0.2, 5.5
- Blackboard Academic Suite — versions 6.0
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16438 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423778/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423686/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423654/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.osvdb.org/28023 (vdb-entry)