CVE-2009-4527 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Shibboleth authentication module for Drupal (versions 5.x before 5.x-3.4 and 6.x before 6.x-3.2). This flaw allows a physically proximate attacker to gain unauthorized privileges by exploiting improperly removed static grants after a user logs out or a session changes, particularly on unattended web browsers. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.x-1.xCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:niif:shib_auth:5.x-1.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.x-2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:niif:shib_auth:5.x-2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.x-2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:niif:shib_auth:5.x-2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.x-2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:niif:shib_auth:5.x-2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.x-2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:niif:shib_auth:5.x-2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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