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CVE-2014-2875

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Date: February 6, 2020

The session.lua library in CGILua 5.2 alpha 1 and 5.2 alpha 2 uses weak session IDs generated based on OS time, which allows remote attackers to hijack arbitrary sessions via a brute force attack. NOTE: CVE-2014-10399 and CVE-2014-10400 were SPLIT from this ID.

Language: LUA

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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2875
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531981/100/0/threaded
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/318
http://www.syhunt.com/en/index.php?n=Advisories.Cgilua-weaksessionid
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2875
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-2875

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CWE-307

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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