CVE-2011-5078
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 · uneditedThe web administration interface in the server in Sybase M-Business Anywhere 6.7 before ESD# 3 and 7.0 before ESD# 7 does not require admin authentication for unspecified scripts, which allows remote authenticated users to list or delete user accounts, modify passwords, or read log files via HTTP requests, aka Bug IDs 678497 and 678499.
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 · high confidenceThe web administration interface in Sybase M-Business Anywhere 6.7 (before ESD#3) and 7.0 (before ESD#7) fails to enforce admin-level authentication on certain scripts. Authenticated users can send HTTP requests to perform privileged operations including listing/deleting user accounts, modifying passwords, and reading log files.
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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= 6.7= 7.0CVSS 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
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 Sybase M-Business Anywhere versionCheck the product version displayed in the web administration interface login page, or query the server documentation/configuration files for the installed build number. Compare against version 6.7 or 7.0.Affected if The installed version is 6.7 or 7.0 (or any version between these releases) and has not had ESD#3 (for 6.7) or ESD#7 (for 7.0) applied.
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Confirm the web administration interface is accessibleAttempt to access the web admin URL for Sybase M-Business Anywhere (typically on ports 80/443 or configured ports). Verify the interface responds with a login page.Affected if The web admin interface is exposed and reachable on the network.
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Verify admin authentication is enforced on privileged operationsLog in with a non-administrator user account and attempt to access or execute admin-level functions such as user account management, password modifications, or log file viewing via direct HTTP requests. Observe whether these requests succeed without requiring admin-level credentials.Affected if Non-admin users can successfully perform privileged operations (listing/deleting users, modifying passwords, reading logs) without receiving an authentication error.
You are affected if you are running version 6.7 or 7.0 of Sybase M-Business Anywhere without the corresponding ESD patches and the web admin interface allows authenticated non-admin users to execute privileged admin functions.
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 dataApply vendor patches (ESD#3 for v6.7 or ESD#7 for v7.0) to enforce proper admin authentication on admin scripts. If patching is not immediately feasible, restrict network access to the web admin interface using firewall rules or network segmentation.
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