CVE-2002-0757 Auth bypass in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass authentication and gain privileges in Webmin or Usermin by injecting control characters when password timeouts are enabled.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2002-0757?

CVE-2002-0757 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Webmin Webmin, published on 26 Jul 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

(1) Webmin 0.96 and (2) Usermin 0.90 with password timeouts enabled allow local and possibly remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges via certain control characters in the authentication information, which can force Webmin or Usermin to accept arbitrary username/session ID combinations.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0757?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Usermin Usermin, Webmin Webmin.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0757?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0757 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2002-0757 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0757 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-rhfc-54hm-rr6c.

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