CVE-2010-1128

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 26 Mar 2010, 20:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 01:14

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
37/100
CVSS Score
6.4 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
4.69% LOW
5% probability -0.11%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Mar 2010, 20:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 01:14
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The Linear Congruential Generator (LCG) in PHP before 5.2.13 does not provide the expected entropy, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to guess values that were intended to be unpredictable, as demonstrated by session cookies generated by using the uniqid function.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.4AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 4.69%• Percentile: 90%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-310•Cryptographic Issues

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•PHP

    ≤ 5.2.12 | 5.2.0 | 5.2.1 | 5.2.2 | 5.2.3 | 5.2.4 | 5.2.5 | 5.2.6 | 5.2.7 | 5.2.8 | 5.2.9 | 5.2.10 | 5.2.11

References (8)