CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-8851

Plaintext Storage of a Password

Published: Jul 24, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Echelon SmartServer 1 all versions, SmartServer 2 all versions prior to release 4.11.007, i.LON 100 all versions, and i.LON 600 all versions. The devices store passwords in plaintext, which may allow an attacker with access to the configuration file to log into the SmartServer web user interface.

Weakness

The product stores a password in plaintext within resources such as memory or files.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Smartserver_1_firmware Echelon - (including) - (including)

Potential Mitigations

References