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CVE Details for CVE: CVE-2002-1656
Summary
X-News (x_news) 1.1 and earlier allows attackers to authenticate as other users by obtaining the MD5 checksum of the password, e.g. via sniffing or the users.txt data file, and providing it in a cookie.
Timestamps
Last major update 11-07-2017 - 01:29
Published 31-12-2002 - 05:00
Last modified 11-07-2017 - 01:29
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:xqus:x-news:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:xqus:x-news:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xqus:x-news:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:xqus:x-news:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CAPEC
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CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
CVSS
Base
7.5
Impact
6.4
Exploitability
10.0
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL PARTIAL PARTIAL
CVSS3
None
VIA4 references
cvss-vector via4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
refmap via4
bid 4283
cert-vn VU#162723
misc http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt
sectrack 1003828
xf xnews-users-world-readable(8465)