CVE-2015-6671

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9

Description

Open edX edx-platform before 2015-08-25 requires use of the database for storage of SAML SSO secrets, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a database backup.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2015-6671

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-03-13T07:59:00

Last Modified Date
2020-01-07T20:04:27

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-200	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:edx:edx-platform::::::::	1	OR		2015-08-20

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.9

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.2

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://open.edx.org/CVE-2015-6671	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/pull/9471	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6671
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6671

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:54:29				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:38:22	2017-03-13T07:59Z	2017-03-13T07:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:38:22		2020-01-07T20:04:27	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:38:22		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated