CVE-2008-4540

medium

Description

Windows Mobile 6 on the HTC Hermes device makes WLAN passwords available to an auto-completion mechanism for the password input field, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass password authentication and obtain WLAN access.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45857

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497151/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4402

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-10-13

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02333