PT-2008-5183 · Cslh · Crafty Syntax Live Help

Published 2008-08-27 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-3840

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Crafty Syntax Live Help (CSLH) versions 2.14.6 and earlier

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information because passwords are stored in cleartext in a MySQL database.

Recommendations For versions 2.14.6 and earlier, update to a version that securely stores passwords, or consider implementing an alternative password storage solution that does not store passwords in cleartext.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3840

Affected Products

Crafty Syntax Live Help

References · 5

• 🔥 http://gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00127-08252008 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3840 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44745 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/495729/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4192 · Note