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CVE-2008-4540

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-255 Credentials Management
Publication date:
13/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Windows Mobile 6 on the HTC Hermes device makes WLAN passwords available to an auto-completion mechanism for the password input field, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass password authentication and obtain WLAN access.

Impact

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

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:h:htc:hermes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_mobile:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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