CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-17489

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Mar 21, 2019 | Modified: Oct 09, 2019
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

EasyLobby Solo could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the storing of the social security number in plaintext. By visiting the kiosk and viewing the Visitor table of the database, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to view stored social security numbers.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Easylobby_solo Hidglobal 11.0.4563 11.0.4563

Extended Description

Because the information is stored in cleartext (i.e., unencrypted), attackers could potentially read it. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information. When organizations adopt cloud services, it can be easier for attackers to access the data from anywhere on the Internet. In some systems/environments such as cloud, the use of “double encryption” (at both the software and hardware layer) might be required, and the developer might be solely responsible for both layers, instead of shared responsibility with the administrator of the broader system/environment.

Potential Mitigations

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