Description
MIDAS 1.43 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access via an admin account record in a MIDAS cookie.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- MIDAS 1.43 - (Authentication Bypass) Insecure Cookie Handling EDB-8987 · webapps · Jun 22, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- midas-midascookie-security-bypass(51281) vdb-entry
- 8987 exploit
- ADV-2009-1646 vdb-entry