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CVE-2008-2019
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
Simple Machines Forum (SMF), probably 1.1.4, relies on "randomly generated static" to hinder brute-force attacks on the WAV file (aka audio) CAPTCHA, which allows remote attackers to pass the CAPTCHA test via an automated attack that considers Hamming distances. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2007-3308..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.5/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:smf:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.rooksecurity.com/blog/?p=6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28866
- http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?P=c3696c2022b54fa50c5f341bf5710aa3&top
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3836
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42150
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491128/100/0/threaded