CVE-2002-1975 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Sharp Zaurus PDA SL-5000D and SL-5500 uses a salt of "A0" to encrypt the screen-locking password as stored in the Security.conf file, which makes it easier for local users to guess the password via brute force methods.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00064.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Sharp	Zaurus Sl-5000d Zaurus Sl-5000d Firmware Zaurus Sl-5500 Zaurus Sl-5500 Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:sharp:zaurus_sl-5000d_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:sharp:zaurus_sl-5000d:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:sharp:zaurus_sl-5500_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:sharp:zaurus_sl-5500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/281437
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9535.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5201

History

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-28T04:00:00Z

Updated: 2025-01-16T19:27:36.964Z

Reserved: 2005-06-28T04:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2002-1975

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:43:33.674Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-1975

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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