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The pswd.js script relies on the client to calculate whether a username and password match hard-coded hashed values for a server, and uses a hashing scheme that creates a large number of collisions, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct offline brute force attacks

Published Aug 10, 2006

Description

The pswd.js script relies on the client to calculate whether a username and password match hard-coded hashed values for a server, and uses a hashing scheme that creates a large number of collisions, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct offline brute force attacks. NOTE: this script might also allow attackers to generate the server-side "secret" URL without determining the original password, but this possibility was not discussed by the original researcher.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

References (3)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 10, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 9, 2006
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a