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CVE-2008-1484

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
24/03/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.50 LOW
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
3.50
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0_alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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