CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-27613

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Oct 21, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.4
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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The installation procedure in BigBlueButton before 2.2.28 (or earlier) uses ClueCon as the FreeSWITCH password, which allows local users to achieve unintended FreeSWITCH access.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
BigbluebuttonBigbluebutton*2.2.28 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References