CVE-2002-1511 describes a vulnerability in the vncserver wrapper for various VNC implementations, including TightVNC and AT&T VNC, where the rand() function is used instead of srand() to generate weak cookies. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to potentially gain unauthorized access to VNC sessions due to predictable cookie generation. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it is a medium-severity issue with low attack complexity and a potential impact of information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:att:vnc:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3.3r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:att:vnc:3.3.3r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:att:vnc:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:att:vnc:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:att:vnc:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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