{ "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": "VU#162723", "refsource": "CERT-VN", "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162723" }, { "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" }, { "name": "http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://www.ifrance.com/kitetoua/tuto/x_holes.txt" }, { "name": "4283", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4283" } ] } }