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Unscored CVE-2018-17071 EUVD-2018-8852GHSA-f52j-f76h-vc62

The fallback function of a simple lottery smart contract implementation for Lucky9io, an Ethereum gambling game, generates a random value w…

Published Sep 18, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The fallback function of a simple lottery smart contract implementation for Lucky9io, an Ethereum gambling game, generates a random value with the publicly readable variable entry_number. This variable is private, yet it is readable by eth.getStorageAt function. Also, attackers can purchase a ticket at a low price by directly calling the fallback function with small msg.value, because the developer set the currency unit incorrectly. Therefore, it allows attackers to always win and get rewards.

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