Weak Seed Selection in createRandomPassword Function in Virtual War (VWar) 1.6.1 R2

CVE-2010-5066 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The createRandomPassword function in includes/functions_common.php in Virtual War (aka VWar) 1.6.1 R2 uses a small range of values to select the seed argument for the PHP mt_srand function, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine randomly generated passwords via a brute-force attack.

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