What is CVE-2024-36440?

CVE-2024-36440 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2024-36440?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in N/a

CVE-2024-36440

An issue was discovered on Swissphone DiCal-RED 4009 devices. An attacker with access to the file /etc/deviceconfig may recover the administrative device password via password-cracking methods, because unsalted MD5 is used.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.003 (21.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
CWE-759
CWE-1393

References

cve@mitre.org
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36440?: CVE-2024-36440 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-36440?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.