CVE-2002-2122

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-2122
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionPointsec before 1.2 for PalmOS stores a user's PIN number in memory in plaintext, which allows a local attacker who steals an unlocked Palm to retrieve the PIN by dumping memory.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pointsec Mobile Technologies Pointsec 1.0 All palm_os All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ISS X-Force Database: pointsec-palmos-plaintext-pin (9021): Pointsec for Palm OS stores the user authentication PIN in plaintext af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch
Pointsec for PalmOS PIN Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0035.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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