Vulnerability CVE-2008-4540
Published: 2008-10-13   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Windows Mobile 6 on the HTC Hermes device makes WLAN passwords available to an auto-completion mechanism for the password input field, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass password authentication and obtain WLAN access.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Windows Mobile 6 insecure password handling and too short WLAN-password
MC Iglo
09.10.2008

Type:

CWE-255

 (Credentials Management)

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
Microsoft -> Windows mobile 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4402
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497151/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45857
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