CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
86.2%
The crypt function in PHP 5.3.7, when the MD5 hash type is used, returns the value of the salt argument instead of the hashed string, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication via an arbitrary password, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2483.
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
osvdb.org/74726
secunia.com/advisories/45678
support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/23/4
www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-23-1
www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.8
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380261
bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55439
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69429