CVE-2007-4961

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-09-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-311

Description

The login_to_simulator method in Linden Lab Second Life, as used by the secondlife:// protocol handler and possibly other Second Life login mechanisms, sends an MD5 hash in cleartext in the passwd field, which allows remote attackers to login to an account by sniffing the network and then sending this hash to a Second Life authentication server.

Affected products

Lindenlab Second Life: all versions

References

http://osvdb.org/45947
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/ie-pwns-secondlife
http://osvdb.org/45947
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/ie-pwns-secondlife

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