FKIE_CVE-2018-10468

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-04-28 13:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:34
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
The transferFrom function of a smart contract implementation for Useless Ethereum Token (UET), an Ethereum ERC20 token, allows attackers to steal assets (e.g., transfer all victims' balances into their account) because certain computations involving _value are incorrect, as exploited in the wild starting in December 2017, aka the "transferFlaw" issue.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://medium.com/%40jonghyk.song/uselessethereumtoken-uet-erc20-token-allows-attackers-to-steal-all-victims-balances-543d42ac808e
cve@mitre.orghttps://peckshield.com/2018/04/28/transferFlaw/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://medium.com/%40jonghyk.song/uselessethereumtoken-uet-erc20-token-allows-attackers-to-steal-all-victims-balances-543d42ac808e
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://peckshield.com/2018/04/28/transferFlaw/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
uetoken useless_ethereum_token -
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