CVE-2018-5261

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.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/bitsadmin/exploits/tree/master/CVE-2018-5261	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:flexense:diskboss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-02-02 21:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2018-5261

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5261

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-5261

JSON object : View

Products Affected

flexense

diskboss

CWE

CWE-311

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

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