CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-1883
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-04-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
The server in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x stores MD5 password hashes that are provided directly by clients, which makes it easier for remote attackers to access accounts via a modified client that skips the javascript/md5.js hash calculation, and instead sends an arbitrary MD5 string.
Affected configurations
• blackboard blackboard academic suite (<= 7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://secskill.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/hacking-blackboard-academic-suite-2/ Exploit
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3810 securityreason.com
- http://www.scribd.com/doc/2363025/Hacking-Blackboard-Academic-Suite Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490096/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41935 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://secskill.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/hacking-blackboard-academic-suite-2/ Exploit
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3810 securityreason.com
- http://www.scribd.com/doc/2363025/Hacking-Blackboard-Academic-Suite Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490096/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41935 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com