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Improper Authentication

CVE-2024-5732

Medium
6.9/10

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Clash up to 0.20.1 on Windows. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Proxy Port. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to change the configuration settings. VDB-267406 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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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