01 Record
CVE-2008-4540
Windows Mobile 6 on the HTC Hermes device makes WLAN passwords available to an auto-completion mechanism for the password input field, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass password
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Windows Mobile 6 on the HTC Hermes device makes WLAN passwords available to an auto-completion mechanism for the password input field, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass password
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
- 1.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.3% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2008-10-13 18:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-13
- 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
- c3735d7631a4e394c556d8bea725a244f48b678427c4973268c5ad85627b8a2d
05 Affected products
06 References
- securityreason.com4402http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4402
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwindowsmobile-hermes-security-bypass(45857)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45857
- www.securityfocus.com20081008 Windows Mobile 6 insecure password handling and too short WLAN-passwordhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497151/100/0/threaded