CVE-2009-4527
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The Shibboleth authentication module 5.x before 5.x-3.4 and 6.x before 6.x-3.2, a module for Drupal, does not properly remove statically granted privileges after a logout or other session change, which allows physically proximate attackers to gain privileges by using an unattended web browser.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (26th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4493)
- Published
- December 31, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4493 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- drupal / drupal
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
- niif / shib auth
References
- http://drupal.org/node/604488(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37057(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36684
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2919(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53779
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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