CVE-2023-36917 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2023-36917

Password Change rate limit bypass in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform

5.9 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - version 420, 430, allows an unauthorized attacker who had hijacked a user session, to be able to bypass the victim’s old password via brute force, due to unrestricted rate limit for password change functionality. Although the attack has no impact on integrity loss or system availability, this could lead to an attacker to completely takeover a victim’s account.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

SAP_SE

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Affected Software

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform

Vulnerable Versions:

4.20, 430

Timeline

Official Publish: July 11th, 2023

Last Modified: October 23rd, 2024

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1110 Brute Force

Credential Access

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1550 Use Alternate Authentication Material

Defense Evasion

T1021 Remote Services

Lateral Movement

T1562 Impair Defenses

Defense Evasion