CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-5499

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Oct 10, 2023 | Modified: Dec 19, 2023
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
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Information exposure vulnerability in Shenzhen Reachfar v28, the exploitation of which could allow a remote attacker to retrieve all the weeks logs stored in the log2 directory. An attacker could retrieve sensitive information such as remembered wifi networks, sent messages, SOS device locations and device configurations.

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
Reachfar_gps_firmware Reachfargps 28 (including) 28 (including)

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