PT-2001-2515 · Winvnc · Winvnc

Published 2001-01-23 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2001-1422

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WinVNC versions 3.3.3 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass VNC authentication by sniffing the challenge and response of other users, due to the generation of the same challenge string for multiple connections.

Recommendations For WinVNC versions 3.3.3 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1422

Affected Products

Winvnc

References · 5

• http://www1.corest.com/common/showdoc.php?idxseccion=10&idx=117 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/2275 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1422 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5992 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/303080 · Note