CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-17396

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Oct 15, 2019 | Modified: Oct 18, 2019
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/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

In the PowerSchool Mobile application 1.1.8 for Android, the username and password are stored in the log during authentication, and may be available to attackers via logcat.

Weakness

Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Powerschool_mobile Powerschool * 1.1.8 (excluding)

Extended Description

While logging all information may be helpful during development stages, it is important that logging levels be set appropriately before a product ships so that sensitive user data and system information are not accidentally exposed to potential attackers. Different log files may be produced and stored for:

Potential Mitigations

References