Vulnerability CVE-2007-4961


Published: 2007-09-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The login_to_simulator method in Linden Lab Second Life, as used by the secondlife:// protocol handler and possibly other Second Life login mechanisms, sends an MD5 hash in cleartext in the passwd field, which allows remote attackers to login to an account by sniffing the network and then sending this hash to a Second Life authentication server.

Type:

CWE-255

(Credentials Management)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Linden lab -> Second life 

 References:
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/ie-pwns-secondlife
http://osvdb.org/45947

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