Information disclosure in Watchguard Firebox Pptp Vpn
CVE-2008-1618
The PPTP VPN service in Watchguard Firebox before 10, when performing the MS-CHAPv2 authentication handshake, generates different error codes depending on whether the username is valid or invalid, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Watchguard Firebox Pptp Vpn — versions 4.9, 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mwrinfosecurity.com/publications/mwri_watchguard-firebox-pptp-vpn-user-enum… (Exploit, Patch)
- www.osvdb.org/44218 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1152/references (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28619 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41683 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29708 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)