CVE-2017-9978

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.3
Description
On the OSNEXUS QuantaStor v4 virtual appliance before 4.3.1, a flaw was found with the error message sent as a response for users that don't exist on the system. An attacker could leverage this information to fine-tune and enumerate valid accounts on the system by searching for common usernames.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-9978
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-08-28T19:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-08T02:28:43
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:osnexus:quantastor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.3.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42517/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vvvsecurity.com/advisories/vvvsecurity-advisory-2017-6943.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/23 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143780/OSNEXUS-QuantaStor-4-Information-Disclosure.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9978
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9978
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:38:16 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:21:09 2017-08-28T19:29Z 2017-08-28T19:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 20:21:09 2017-09-08T02:28:43 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 20:21:09 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated