CVE-2009-4139 (GCVE-0-2009-4139)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-07-27 01:29 – Updated: 2026-04-28 20:20
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Title
Spacewalk-java: spacewalk: red hat network satellite: spacewalk java: privilege escalation via cross-site request forgery
Summary
A flaw was found in Spacewalk Java site packages. This cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability allows a remote attacker to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users. This can lead to unauthorized actions, including disabling user accounts, adding new user accounts, or escalating privileges by modifying existing user accounts to have administrator access.
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-346 - Origin Validation Error
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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Date Public ?
2011-07-27 01:29
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