CVE-2011-4973

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Authentication bypass vulnerability in mod_nss 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to assume the identity of a valid user by using their certificate and entering 'password' as the password.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017197Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/mod_nss-list/2011-May/msg00001.htmlIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017197Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/mod_nss-list/2011-May/msg00001.htmlIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 15, 2018
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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