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CVE-2014-8309

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 and BusinessObjects XI (BOXI) R2 and 3.1 generates error messages for a failed logon attempt with different time delays depending on whether the user account exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via SecEnterprise authentication requests to the Session web service.

Affected products

• SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central Management Server): 4.0
• SAP Businessobjects Xi: 3.1, r2

References

• http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8218
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/42
• http://www.onapsis.com/resources/get.php?resid=adv_onapsis-2014-029
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533647/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70304
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96874
• https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/2001109
• http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8218
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/42
• http://www.onapsis.com/resources/get.php?resid=adv_onapsis-2014-029
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533647/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70304

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