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Improper Authentication

CVE-2018-19834

High
7.5/10

Summary

The quaker function of a smart contract implementation for BOMBBA (BOMB), an tradable Ethereum ERC20 token, allows attackers to change the owner of the contract, because the function does not check the caller's identity.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE

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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