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CVE-2008-0961 (GCVE-0-2008-0961)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-14 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:01
VLAI
Summary
EMV DiskXtender 6.20.060 has a hard-coded login and password, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via the RPC interface.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1198… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.osvdb.org/44419 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/29778 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28727 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-04-10 00:00
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