CVE-2009-1077
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1078)
- Published
- March 25, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1078 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / java system identity manager
- sun / java system identity manager
- sun / java system identity manager
- sun / java system identity manager
References
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/sun_alert_253267_sun_java(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34380(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021881
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-137621-11-1(Patch)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139010-06-1(Patch)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-140935-01-1(Patch)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-140936-01-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-253267-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34191(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0797(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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