Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2008-4125 (CCN-45415)

Assigned:2008-08-17
Published:2008-08-17
Updated:2017-08-08
Summary:The search function in phpBB 2.x provides a search_id value that leaks the state of PHP's PRNG, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information, as demonstrated by a cross-application attack against WordPress, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0632.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
4.0 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
4.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-noinfo
CWE-200
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2008-4125

Source: CCN
Type: phpBB Web site
phpBB

Source: CCN
Type: Suspekt Blog Archive, August 17th, 2008
mt_srand and not so random numbers

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
phpbb-search-information-disclosure(45415)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
phpbb-search-information-disclosure(45415)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:phpbb:phpbb:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:phpbb:phpbb:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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