PT-2018-10132 · Z Nomp · Z-Nomp

Published 2018-05-09 · Updated 2018-06-18 · CVE-2018-10831

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Z-NOMP versions prior to 2018-04-05

Description The issue allows attackers to spoof mining shares by providing a solution with specific values, such as x1=1, x2=1, x3=1, ..., x512=1, to bypass the verifier for any blockheader. This originally affected cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin Gold and Zcash, and was exploited in the wild in May 2018 against smaller cryptocurrencies.

Recommendations For Z-NOMP versions prior to 2018-04-05, update to a version released after 2018-04-05 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Use of a Broken Cryptographic Algorithm

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-327

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-10831

Affected Products

Z-Nomp

References · 4

• 🔥❌ https://github.com/edwardz246003/misc/blob/master/Attackers%20Fake%20Computational%20Power%20to%20Steal%20Cryptocurrencies%20from%20Mining%20Pools.md · Exploit, Deleted
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10831 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10831 · Vendor Advisory
• https://blog.zencash.com/update-for-the-equihash-mining-application-z-nomp · Note