CVE-2018-16791 - In SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server through 2018-09-10, the configuration file is world readable and writable, and stores user passwords in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to determine passwords for potentially privileged accounts

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CRITICAL

In SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server through 2018-09-10, the configuration file is world readable and writable, and stores user passwords in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to determine passwords for potentially privileged accounts

Published Dec 5, 2018

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.54%

Description

In SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server through 2018-09-10, the configuration file is world readable and writable, and stores user passwords in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to determine passwords for potentially privileged accounts. This also grants the attacker an ability to backdoor the server.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-522

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References (2)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-8591
Advisory
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/0
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-8591		Advisory
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/0		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory