CVE-2015-6851 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

EMC RSA SecurID Web Agent before 8.0 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the privacy-screen protection mechanism by leveraging an unattended workstation and running DOM Inspector.

Published: 2015-12-23

Score: 6.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rsa:securid_web_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-6787	EMC RSA SecurID Web Agent before 8.0 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the privacy-screen protection mechanism by leveraging an unattended workstation and running DOM Inspector.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00048.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135013/RSA-SecurID-Web-Agent-Authentication-Bypass.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Dec/115
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79646
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034510

History

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Subscriptions

Rsa Securid Web Agent

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published: 2015-12-23T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:36:33.384Z

Reserved: 2015-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6851

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-12-23T03:59:02.170

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-6851

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-284

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