CVE-2009-4139 (GCVE-0-2009-4139)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-07-27 01:29
Modified
2026-04-28 20:20
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-346 - Origin Validation Error
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||||
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
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- Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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- Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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