CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-44300

Plaintext Storage of a Password

Published: Dec 04, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 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
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Dell DM5500 5.14.0.0, contain a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in the appliance. A local attacker with privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain service credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with privileges of the compromised account.

Weakness

The product stores a password in plaintext within resources such as memory or files.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Powerprotect_data_manager_dm5500_firmware Dell * 5.14.0.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References