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CVE-2008-1484

CVE-2008-1484

EPSS 4.5%
The password reset feature in PunBB 1.2.16 and earlier uses predictable random numbers based on the system time, which allows remote authenticated users to determine the new password via a brute force attack on a seed that is based on the approximate creation time of the targeted account. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2006-5737.
Affected products
n/a · n/a
public PoCs found — 1
cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/5165unverified
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References
http://osvdb.org/45561http://punbb.org/download/changelogs/1.2.16_to_1.2.17.txthttp://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18460http://secunia.com/advisories/29043http://sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-01.txthttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5165http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488408/100/200/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27908