Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-8309

Title: Sap Businessobjects Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-8309.

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date Oct 16, 2014
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.49%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-8309: SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 and BusinessObjects XI (BOXI) R2 and 3.1 generates error messages for a failed logon attempt with different time delays depending on whether the user account exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via SecEnterprise authentication requests to the Session web service.

Impacted Vendors

S
sap 2

Reference Links

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8218 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/42 http://www.onapsis.com/resources/get.php?resid=adv_onapsis-2014-029 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533647/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70304 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96874 https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/2001109 http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8218 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/42 http://www.onapsis.com/resources/get.php?resid=adv_onapsis-2014-029 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533647/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70304 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96874 https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/2001109
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-8309 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.