CVE-2011-4973 — Improper Authentication in NSS Project MOD NSS

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication5 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
MOD NSS Project MOD NSS
Timeline
PublishedFeb 15
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Authentication bypass vulnerability in mod_nss 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to assume the identity of a valid user by using their certificate and entering 'password' as the password.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mmjq-r7xw-fqr8: Authentication bypass vulnerability in mod_nss 1↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2011-4973: Authentication bypass vulnerability in mod_nss 1↗2018-02-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
mod_nss: FakeBasicAuth authentication bypass↗2011-05-04
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2011-4973 mod_nss: FakeBasicAuth authentication bypass↗2013-10-09
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