Vulnerability Details : CVE-2002-1656

Potential exploit
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 2002-12-31 05:00:00
Updated 2017-07-11 01:29:19
Source MITRE
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Products affected by CVE-2002-1656

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1656

EPSS FAQ
15.43%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 94 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2002-1656

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.5
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
 NIST

References for CVE-2002-1656

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