Vulnerability CVE-2008-4295


Published: 2008-09-27   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 on HTC Wiza 200 and HTC MDA 8125 devices does not properly handle the first attempt to establish a Bluetooth connection to a peer with a long name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reboot) by configuring a Bluetooth device with a long hci name and (1) connecting directly to the Windows Mobile system or (2) waiting for the Windows Mobile system to scan for nearby devices.

Type:

CWE-20

(Improper Input Validation)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.4/10
6.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows mobile 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45463
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31420
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6582
http://secunia.com/advisories/32066

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