CVE-2007-5264
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedBattlefront Dropteam 1.3.3 and earlier sends the client's online account name and password to the game server, which allows malicious game servers to steal account information.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Battlefront Dropteam game client transmits the user's online account name and password in plaintext to the game server during authentication. This design flaw allows any malicious or compromised game server to harvest these credentials, exposing users to account theft.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 1.3.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Battlefront Dropteam installationSearch for the game executable (typically named dropteam.exe or similar) in common installation directories such as C:\Program Files\Battlefront Dropteam, or use the system search function to find the game files.Affected if The game is found installed on the system.
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Determine the installed versionRight-click the main executable file (dropteam.exe) and select Properties, then navigate to the Details tab to view the Product Version field. Alternatively, check any version.txt or readme.txt files included with the game installation.Affected if The displayed version number is 1.3.3 or lower.
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Verify the authentication behaviorUse a network packet capture tool (such as Wireshark) to monitor network traffic while connecting to any game server with the client. Look for plaintext transmission of credentials in the initial authentication packets.Affected if Credentials are transmitted in plaintext (readable ASCII text) rather than being hashed, encrypted, or using a challenge-response mechanism.
A user is affected if Battlefront Dropteam version 1.3.3 or lower is installed and used to connect to game servers, as the client sends account passwords in plaintext.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUsers should avoid connecting to untrusted or unknown game servers with this client. The vendor would need to implement a secure authentication protocol (such as challenge-response or proper cryptographic authentication) that avoids transmitting plaintext credentials to the server.
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