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Improper Authentication

CVE-2008-1938

Medium
6.4/10

Summary

Sony Mylo COM-2 Japanese model firmware before 1.002 does not properly verify web server SSL certificates, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and conduct spoofing attacks.

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  • NETWORK
  • NONE
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  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published