Vulnerability CVE-2007-0859
Published: 2007-02-15   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The Find feature in Palm OS Treo smart phones operates despite the system password lock, which allows attackers with physical access to obtain sensitive information (memory contents) by doing (1) text searches or (2) paste operations after pressing certain keyboard shortcut keys.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Palm OS Treo Find Feature System Password Bypass
J.R. Wikes, Matt...
19.02.2007

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
PALM -> TREO 

 References:
http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?p=1199445&posted=1#post1199445
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2260
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460059/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460328/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460901/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460908/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460911/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460954/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22468
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2007-002.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32502
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