CVE-2008-4102

Severity Score

9.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Joomla! 1.5 before 1.5.7 initializes PHP's PRNG with a weak seed, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the pseudo-random values produced by PHP's mt_rand function, as demonstrated by guessing password reset tokens, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3681.

Joomla! 1.5 anterior a v1.5.7 inicializa el PHP's PRNG con una semilla débil, lo que facilita a los atacantes obtener valores pseudo-aleatorios originados por la función PHP's mt_rand, como se ha demostrado obteniendo un reinicio de contraseña. Vulnerabilidad distinta de CVE-2008-3681.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-09-15 CVE Reserved
2008-09-18 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-189: Numeric Errors

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/272-20080902-core-random-number-generation-flaw.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122115344915232&w=2	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122118210029084&w=2	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152798516853&w=2	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/31789	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4271	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496237/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt	X_refsource_misc
http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers	X_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45068	Vdb Entry

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Joomla Search vendor "Joomla"		Joomla Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla"				1.5 Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla" and version "1.5"		-		Affected
Joomla Search vendor "Joomla"		Joomla Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla"				1.5.1 Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla" and version "1.5.1"		-		Affected
Joomla Search vendor "Joomla"		Joomla Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla"				1.5.2 Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla" and version "1.5.2"		-		Affected
Joomla Search vendor "Joomla"		Joomla Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla"				1.5.3 Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla" and version "1.5.3"		-		Affected
Joomla Search vendor "Joomla"		Joomla Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla"				1.5.4 Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla" and version "1.5.4"		-		Affected
Joomla Search vendor "Joomla"		Joomla Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla"				1.5.5 Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla" and version "1.5.5"		-		Affected
Joomla Search vendor "Joomla"		Joomla Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla"				1.5.6 Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla" and version "1.5.6"		-		Affected