CVE-2012-3287

Published Jun 13, 2012

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description: Poul-Henning Kamp md5crypt has insufficient algorithmic complexity and a consequently short runtime, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to discover cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack, as demonstrated by an attack using GPU hardware.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-310

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:poul-henning_kamp:md5crypt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "6A5813BE-8A4E-49F4-93D0-705C2AB4D702"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References