Session hijacking in Pivotal Spring Framework



| Updated: 2017-09-14
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-0201
CWE-ID CWE-254
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Pivotal Spring Framework
Server applications / Frameworks for developing and running applications

Vendor Pivotal

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Session hijacking

EUVDB-ID: #VU8434

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0201

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform session fixation attack on the target system.

The weakness exists due to insufficiently secure session id generation in the Java SockJS client. A remote attacker can hijack an existing user's session and send messages to other sessions via unspecified vectors.

Mitigation

Update to version 4.1.5.

Vulnerable software versions

Pivotal Spring Framework: 4.1 - 4.4

CPE2.3 External links

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2015-0201


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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