CVE-2016-9124

Published Mar 28, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
Revive Adserver before 3.2.3 suffers from Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. The login page of Revive Adserver is vulnerable to password-guessing attacks. An account lockdown feature was considered, but rejected to avoid introducing service disruptions to regular users during such attacks. A random delay has instead been introduced as a countermeasure in case of password failures, along with a system to discourage parallel brute forcing. These systems will effectively allow the valid users to log in to the adserver, even while an attack is in progress.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9941 Revive Adserver before 3.2.3 suffers from Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. The login page of Revive Adserver is vulnerable to password-guessing attacks. An account lockdown feature was considered, but rejected to avoid introducing service disruptions to regular users during such attacks. A random delay has instead been introduced as a countermeasure in case of password failures, along with a system to discourage parallel brute forcing. These systems will effectively allow the valid users to log in to the adserver, even while an attack is in progress.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
hackerone
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:42 AM
Reserved
Oct 31, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 28, 2017, 2:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:55 AM