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CVE-2002-1656

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.

Published

2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	xqus	x-news	1.0	Yes
Application	xqus	x-news	1.1	Yes

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1003828 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162723 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4283 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8465 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1003828 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162723 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4283 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8465 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)