CVE-2006-4099

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Published Nov 29, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

Business Objects Crystal Enterprise 9 and 10 generates predictable session identifiers, which allows remote attackers to hijack sessions of other users via WCSID cookie values.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:businessobjects:crystal_enterprise:9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:businessobjects:crystal_enterprise:10:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4091	Business Objects Crystal Enterprise 9 and 10 generates predictable session identifiers, which allows remote attackers to hijack sessions of other users via WCSID cookie values.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.7% (1.732% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/23137
http://support.businessobjects.com/communityCS/FilesAndUpdates/ce10win_en.pdf
http://www.mwrinfosecurity.com/advisories/MWR_crystal-reports-weak-sessions-advisory_2006-11-28.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21350
http://www.uniras.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20061128-00818.pdf
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4748
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30568

History

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Subscriptions

Businessobjects Crystal Enterprise

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:57 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 29, 2006, 5:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:57 PM
Reserved: Aug 14, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:28 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 29, 2006, 5:28 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:28 PM

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