CVE-2008-1134
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOMEGA (aka Omegasoft) INterneSErvicesLosungen (INSEL) 7 supports authentication with a cookie that lacks a shared secret, which allows remote attackers to login as an arbitrary user via a modified cookie.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceOMEGA INSEL 7 uses cookie-based authentication without a cryptographic shared secret (HMAC/signature), allowing attackers to modify the cookie value and impersonate any user by crafting a valid-looking cookie for the target account.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 7CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed product versionLocate and check the version of Omegasoft Interneserviceslosungen (often labeled as OMEGA INSEL 7) installed in your environment. This may be found in the software inventory, installed programs list, or the application's about/version information.Affected if The installed version is exactly 7 (Omegasoft Interneserviceslosungen = 7)
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Capture an authentication cookieLog into the application and capture an authentication session cookie using browser developer tools, a proxy, or network traffic capture. Note the cookie name and value structure.Affected if A session cookie exists and is returned by the server upon login
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Examine cookie value structureInspect the cookie value. Determine if it contains readable/identifiable data such as username, user ID, role, or timestamp in plaintext or Base64-encoded format that could be parsed and modified.Affected if The cookie value contains plaintext or easily decodable user identity information (username, user ID, role) that could be altered
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Test cookie tamperabilityModify a known cookie value (e.g., change the username or user ID to a different account) and send it back to the server to see if authentication succeeds for the modified identity.Affected if The server accepts modified cookie values and authenticates as the forged user identity
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Check for HMAC or signature mechanismReview the application documentation, configuration files, or perform code analysis to determine if the cookie includes a cryptographic signature, HMAC, or other integrity check that would prevent client-side modification.Affected if No HMAC, signature, or server-side integrity verification is present on authentication cookies
If OMEGA INSEL version 7 is in use and authentication cookies can be modified to impersonate users without triggering a cryptographic validation failure, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement HMAC-based cookie signing using a server-side secret key, or migrate to server-side session management with secure, opaque session tokens that cannot be forged by clients.
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- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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