CVE-2014-3527 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Spring Security versions 3.1 through 3.2.4 when using CAS Proxy ticket authentication, affecting products like VMware Spring Security. A malicious CAS Service could trick another into authenticating an unassociated proxy ticket, bypassing access control restrictions. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low complexity, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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