01 Record
CVE-2008-4107
The (1) rand and (2) mt_rand functions in PHP 5.2.6 do not produce cryptographically strong random numbers, which allows attackers to leverage exposures in products that rely on these functions for
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The (1) rand and (2) mt_rand functions in PHP 5.2.6 do not produce cryptographically strong random numbers, which allows attackers to leverage exposures in products that rely on these functions for
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.01% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-09-18 17:47Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 209709350e26f7d958207af53013931d4d5c40d2a8a52a8321160f63a6248e80
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com31737http://secunia.com/advisories/31737
- marc.info[oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2
- securityreason.com4271http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4271
- www.securityfocus.com31115http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31115
- www.securityfocus.com20080911 Advisory 04/2008: Joomla Weak Random Password Reset Token Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496237/100/0/threaded
- www.suspekt.orghttp://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2553http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080911 CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6
- osvdb.org48700http://osvdb.org/48700
- www.sektioneins.dehttp://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
- secunia.com31870http://secunia.com/advisories/31870
- www.securityfocus.com20080911 Advisory 05/2008: Wordpress user_login Column SQL Truncation Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded
- securitytracker.com1020869http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-7902https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-7760https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comphp-rand-mtrand-weak-security(45956)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45956
- wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/
- www.sektioneins.dehttp://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt
- www.sektioneins.dehttp://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-02.txt