National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0794
Original release date:07/17/2012
Last revised:07/17/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The rc4encrypt function in lib/moodlelib.php in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.16, 2.0.x before 2.0.7, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 uses a hardcoded password of nfgjeingjk, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by reading this script's source code within the open-source software distribution.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commit;h=98456628a24bba25d336860d38a45b5a4e3895da
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783532
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=194013
Type: Advisory
