CVE-2018-5261

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 High 8.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Flexense DiskBoss 8.8.16 and earlier. Due to the usage of plaintext information from the handshake as input for the encryption key used for the encryption of the rest of the session, the server and client disclose sensitive information, such as the authentication credentials, to any man-in-the-middle (MiTM) listener.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-5261

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-02-02T21:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-10-03T00:03:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-311	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/311.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:flexense:diskboss::::::::	1	OR		8.8.16

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
8.1

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2.2

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/bitsadmin/exploits/tree/master/CVE-2018-5261	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5261
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5261

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:43:40				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 01:43:39	2018-02-02T21:29Z	2018-02-02T21:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 01:43:39		2019-10-03T00:03:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 01:43:39		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated