CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-21933

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Jul 21, 2021 | Modified: Jul 30, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered in Motorola CX2 router CX 1.0.2 Build 20190508 Rel.97360n where the admin password and private key could be found in the log tar package.

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
Cx2_firmware Motorola 1.0.2 1.0.2

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