PT-2022-25527 · Profanity · Profanity
CVSS v3.1
7.5
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
profanity versions 1.60 and earlier
Description
The issue allows attackers to recover private keys from Ethereum vanity addresses and steal cryptocurrency due to only four billion possible RNG initializations. This has been exploited in the wild, with incidents reported in June 2022.
Recommendations
For versions 1.60 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
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Weakness Enumeration
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Affected Products
Profanity