VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4540
Windows Mobile 6 on the HTC Hermes device makes WLAN passwords available to an auto-completion mechanism for the password input field, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass password authentication and obtain WLAN access.
LOW 2.1EPSS 1.98%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.98%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Windows Mobile 6 on the HTC Hermes device makes WLAN passwords available to an auto-completion mechanism for the password input field, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass password authentication and obtain WLAN access.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.98% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- microsoft/windows mobile
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4402
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497151/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45857
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4402
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497151/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45857
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.