CVE-2006-0511

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-0511
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-02-01 23:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBlackboard Academic Suite 6.0 and earlier does not properly clear session information when de-authenticating a user who is idle, which allows subsequent users to log in as the previous user and gain privileges. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue, saying that "This is a customer specific issue related to their Kerberos authentication single sign-on application and not a vulnerability in the Blackboard product.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.001780000 probability, percentile 0.394580000 (date 2026-04-16)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Blackboard Blackboard 5.0 All All All
Application Blackboard Blackboard 5.0.2 All All All
Application Blackboard Blackboard 5.5 All All All
Application Blackboard Blackboard 5.5.1 All All All
Application Blackboard Blackboard 6.0 All All All
Application Blackboard Blackboard Academic Suite 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Retired - Blackboard Learning System Access Validation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.osvdb.org/28023 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
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