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FKIE_CVE-2007-5460

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-10-15 22:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:46

Severity

4.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

Microsoft ActiveSync 4.1, as used in Windows Mobile 5.0, uses weak encryption (XOR obfuscation with a fixed key) when sending the user's PIN/Password over the USB connection from the host to the device, which might make it easier for attackers to decode a PIN/Password obtained by (1) sniffing or (2) spoofing the docking process.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://osvdb.org/38499	Broken Link
cve@mitre.org	http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3232	Broken Link
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482299/100/0/threaded	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25976	Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37223	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://osvdb.org/38499	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3232	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482299/100/0/threaded	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25976	Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37223	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	microsoft	activesync	4.1
	microsoft	windows_mobile	5.0

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CVE-2007-5460 (GCVE-0-2007-5460)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-15 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:31

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
http://osvdb.org/38499	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25976	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482299/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3232	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON

Date Public

2007-10-15 00:00

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Sightings

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