CVE-2002-1975: Sharp Zaurus Sl-5000d Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Sharp Zaurus Sl-5000d Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Sharp Zaurus Sl-5500 Firmware: affected versions not specified

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.