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CVE-2003-0493: Snitz Communications Snitz Forums 2000: Privilege escalation
CVE-2003-0493 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and NVD lists Snitz Communications Snitz Forums 2000 as the affected product. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
Snitz Forums 3.4.03 and earlier allows attackers to gain privileges as other users by stealing and replaying the encrypted password after obtaining a valid session ID.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
- Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
- Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
- Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
- Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
- Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.
Affected products
- Snitz Communications Snitz Forums 2000: 3.4.03