Sun SunPCi II VNC 2.3 Authentication Password missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Sun SunPCi II VNC 2.3. Affected is an unknown function of the component Authentication. Such manipulation leads to missing encryption (Password). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2002-0994. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun SunPCi II VNC 2.3. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Authentication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability (Password). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

SunPCi II VNC uses a weak authentication scheme, which allows remote attackers to obtain the VNC password by sniffing the random byte challenge, which is used as the key for encrypted communications.

The weakness was presented 10/04/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0994. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9476), Exploit-DB (21592) and SecurityFocus (BID 5146†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Missing encryption / Password
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/03/2002 🔍
10/04/2002 +93 days 🔍
10/04/2002 +0 days 🔍
07/29/2014 +4316 days 🔍
03/08/2025 +3875 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0994 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0994
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18908
X-Force: 9476
SecurityFocus: 5146 - Sun SunPCi II VNC Software Password Disclosure Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/29/2014 11:35
Updated: 03/08/2025 02:07
Changes: 07/29/2014 11:35 (54), 04/18/2019 17:38 (1), 06/27/2024 19:45 (17), 03/08/2025 02:07 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:203:103

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