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CVE-2007-4961

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: September 18, 2007 at 10:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorSecond Life

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

The login_to_simulator method in Linden Lab Second Life, as used by the secondlife:// protocol handler and possibly other Second Life login mechanisms, sends an MD5 hash in cleartext in the passwd field, which allows remote attackers to login to an account by sniffing the network and then sending this hash to a Second Life authentication server.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Second Life · Lindenlab

95%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link

Source: [email protected]

http://osvdb.org/45947

x_refsource_MISCExploit

Source: [email protected]

http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/ie-pwns-secondlife

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-311

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