CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-1126

Plaintext Storage of a Password

Published: Jan 13, 2021 | Modified: Nov 26, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability in the storage of proxy server credentials of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to view credentials for a configured proxy server. The vulnerability is due to clear-text storage and weak permissions of related configuration files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the CLI of the affected software and viewing the contents of the affected files. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view the credentials that are used to access the proxy server.

Weakness

Storing a password in plaintext may result in a system compromise.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco * 6.7.0 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References