Zero-day Vulnerability Database

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Zero-day vulnerabilities discovered: 1

Security bypass in Pivot
CVE-2011-1035

Security bypass

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in the Reset my password feature. A remote attacker can guess the username and modify the victim's password.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in security bypass on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
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The vulnerability was reported by Hans F. Nordhaug.

Software: PivotX

The vulnerability was reported by Hans F. Nordhaug.

Links:

http://pivotx.net/page/security
http://forum.pivotx.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1967

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