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CVE-2003-0270
The administration capability for Apple AirPort 802.11 wireless access point devices uses weak encryption (XOR with a fixed key) for…
High7.6EPSS 11.0%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The administration capability for Apple AirPort 802.11 wireless access point devices uses weak encryption (XOR with a fixed key) for protecting authentication credentials, which could allow remote attackers to obtain administrative access via sniffing when the capability is available via Ethernet or non-WEP connections.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.0% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- airport-auth-credentials-disclosure(11980) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 8773 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1006742 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 7554 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- A051203-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ATSTAKEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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