CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-28597

Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

Published: Mar 03, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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A predictable seed vulnerability exists in the password reset functionality of Epignosis EfrontPro 5.2.21. By predicting the seed it is possible to generate the correct password reset 1-time token. An attacker can visit the password reset supplying the password reset token to reset the password of an account of their choice.

Weakness

A Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) is initialized from a predictable seed, such as the process ID or system time.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
EfrontEpignosishq5.2.17 (including)5.2.17 (including)
EfrontEpignosishq5.2.21 (including)5.2.21 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References