CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-38877

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Aug 02, 2024 | Modified: Sep 20, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability has been identified in Omnivise T3000 Application Server R9.2 (All versions), Omnivise T3000 Domain Controller R9.2 (All versions), Omnivise T3000 Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) R9.2 (All versions), Omnivise T3000 Product Data Management (PDM) R9.2 (All versions), Omnivise T3000 R8.2 SP3 (All versions), Omnivise T3000 R8.2 SP4 (All versions), Omnivise T3000 Security Server R9.2 (All versions), Omnivise T3000 Terminal Server R9.2 (All versions), Omnivise T3000 Thin Client R9.2 (All versions), Omnivise T3000 Whitelisting Server R9.2 (All versions). The affected devices stores initial system credentials without sufficient protection. An attacker with remote shell access or physical access could retrieve the credentials leading to confidentiality loss allowing the attacker to laterally move within the affected network.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Omnivise_t3000_application_server Siemens r9.2 (including) *
Omnivise_t3000_domain_controller Siemens r9.2 (including) *
Omnivise_t3000_network_intrusion_detection_system Siemens * 9.2 (including)
Omnivise_t3000_product_data_management Siemens r9.2 (including) *
Omnivise_t3000_terminal_server Siemens * 9.2 (including)
Omnivise_t3000_thin_client Siemens r9.2 (including) *
Omnivise_t3000_whitelisting_server Siemens r9.2 (including) *

Extended Description

Because the information is stored in cleartext (i.e., unencrypted), attackers could potentially read it. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information. When organizations adopt cloud services, it can be easier for attackers to access the data from anywhere on the Internet. In some systems/environments such as cloud, the use of “double encryption” (at both the software and hardware layer) might be required, and the developer might be solely responsible for both layers, instead of shared responsibility with the administrator of the broader system/environment.

Potential Mitigations

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