CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0994

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

SunPCi II VNC uses a weak authentication scheme, allowing remote attackers to obtain the VNC password by sniffing the random byte challenge used as the key for encrypted communications.

Risk Assessment

Weak authentication may lead to unauthorized access to systems, posing a serious threat to the organization's data security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to implement stronger authentication mechanisms and monitor network traffic to detect potential attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

SunPCi II VNC uses a weak authentication scheme, which allows remote attackers to obtain the VNC password by sniffing the random byte challenge, which is used as the key for encrypted communications.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS