Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-1511

Title: vncserver wrapper weak cookies due to rand() function

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-1511.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Mar 03, 2003
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.81%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-1511: The vncserver wrapper for vnc before 3.3.3r2-21 uses the rand() function instead of srand(), which causes vncserver to generate weak cookies.

Impacted Vendors

A
att 1
T
tightvnc 1

Reference Links

http://changelogs.credativ.org/debian/pool/main/v/vnc/vnc_3.3.6-3/changelog http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000640 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200302-15.xml http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/56161 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11384.php http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:022 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-041.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-068.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6905 http://changelogs.credativ.org/debian/pool/main/v/vnc/vnc_3.3.6-3/changelog http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000640 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200302-15.xml http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/56161 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11384.php http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:022 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-041.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-068.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6905
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-1511 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.