6.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-5082
Red Hat Certificate System/RHCS Hardware Key Bypass Authority Token Enrollment Vulnerability
Description

The verifyProof function in the Token Processing System (TPS) component in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) 7.1 through 7.3 and Dogtag Certificate System 1.0 returns successfully even when token enrollment did not use the hardware key, which allows remote authenticated users with enrollment privileges to bypass intended authentication policies by performing enrollment with a software key.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 30, 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:53 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

6.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-5082 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat certificate_system
2 Redhat _dogtag_certificate_system

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-5082 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33693
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33508
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0145
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475998
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48331
    Added Reference https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0007.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48331 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48331 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.47 }} -0.06%

score

0.71731

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability