CVE-2014-8309
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8150)
- Published
- October 16, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8150 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sap / businessobjects
- sap / businessobjects xi
- sap / businessobjects xi
References
- http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8218(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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