Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-1886 - Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in Cdnetworks Download Client
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The NeffyLauncher 1.0.5 ActiveX control (NeffyLauncher.dll) in CDNetworks Nefficient Download uses weak cryptography for a KeyCode that blocks unauthorized use of the control, which allows remote attackers to bypass this protection mechanism by calculating the required KeyCode. NOTE: this can be used by arbitrary web sites to host exploit code that targets this control.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by exploiting a cryptographic weakness in the signature algorithm or pseudorandom number generation and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.
Exploit-Db
| description | CDNetworks Nefficient Download (NeffyLauncher.dll) Code Execution Vuln. CVE-2008-1885,CVE-2008-1886. Remote exploit for windows platform |
| file | exploits/windows/remote/5397.txt |
| id | EDB-ID:5397 |
| last seen | 2016-01-31 |
| modified | 2008-04-07 |
| platform | windows |
| port | |
| published | 2008-04-07 |
| reporter | Simon Ryeo |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/5397/ |
| title | CDNetworks Nefficient Download NeffyLauncher.dll Code Execution Vuln |
| type | remote |