CVE-2008-4540

Summary

CVECVE-2008-4540
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-13 20:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:52:00 UTC
DescriptionWindows 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-255

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Htc Hermes All All All All
Hardware Htc Hermes All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Windows Mobile 6 insecure password handling and too short WLAN-password - CXSecurity.com SREASON securityreason.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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