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Improper Authentication

CVE-2007-5791

Severity High
Score 10/10

Summary

The Vonage Motorola Phone Adapter VT 2142-VD does not properly verify that a SIP INVITE message originated from a legitimate server, which allows remote attackers to send spoofed INVITE messages, as demonstrated by a flood of messages triggering a denial of service, and by phone calls with malicious content.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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  • Published