Description
Sharp Zaurus PDA SL-5000D and SL-5500 uses a salt of "A0" to encrypt the screen-locking password as stored in the Security.conf file, which makes it easier for local users to guess the password via brute force methods.
References
- 20020710 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Sharp Zaurus mailing-list
- 5201 vdb-entry
- zaurus-passcode-weak-encryption(9535) vdb-entry