CVE-2009-1077

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-03-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Change My Password implementation in the admin interface in Sun Java System Identity Manager (IdM) 7.0 through 8.0 does not enforce the RequiresChallenge property setting, which allows remote authenticated users to change the passwords of other users, as demonstrated by changing the administrator's password.

Affected products

Sun Java System Identity Manager: 7.0, 7.1, 7.1.1, 8.0

References

http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/sun_alert_253267_sun_java
http://secunia.com/advisories/34380
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021881
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-137621-11-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139010-06-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-140935-01-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-140936-01-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-253267-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34191
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0797
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/sun_alert_253267_sun_java
http://secunia.com/advisories/34380

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