{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2002-1656", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "X-News (x_news) 1.1 and earlier allows attackers to authenticate as other users by obtaining the MD5 checksum of the password, e.g. via sniffing or the users.txt data file, and providing it in a cookie." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt" }, { "name" : "VU#162723", "refsource" : "CERT-VN", "url" : "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162723" }, { "name" : "4283", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4283" }, { "name" : "1003828", "refsource" : "SECTRACK", "url" : "http://securitytracker.com/id?1003828" }, { "name" : "xnews-users-world-readable(8465)", "refsource" : "XF", "url" : "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8465" } ] } }