PT-2014-3205 · Opentext · Opentext Exceed Ondemand

Krzysztof Kotowicz + 1 · Published 2014-05-19 · Updated 2014-05-19 · CVE-2013-6806

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenText Exceed OnDemand (EoD) version 8

Description The issue allows man-in-the-middle attackers to disable bidirectional authentication and obtain sensitive information via a crafted string in a response. This triggers a downgrade to simple authentication, which sends credentials in plaintext.

Recommendations For OpenText Exceed OnDemand (EoD) version 8, consider disabling the simple authentication mechanism to prevent the downgrade attack until a patch is available. Restrict access to sensitive information and use alternative secure authentication methods if possible. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-6806

Affected Products

Opentext Exceed Ondemand

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6806 · Security Note
• https://github.com/koto/exceed-mitm · Note