Vulnerability in Scatterchat
CVE-2006-4021
The cryptographic module in ScatterChat 1.0.x allows attackers to identify patterns in large numbers of messages by identifying collisions using a birthday attack on the custom padding mechanism for ECB mode encryption.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (49.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Scatterchat — versions 1.0.1
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19485 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443038/100/100/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.scatterchat.com/advisories/2006-01_tech.html (URL Repurposed, Vendor Advisory)
- www.scatterchat.com/advisories/2006-01_non_tech.html (URL Repurposed, Vendor Advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1396 (third-party-advisory)