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CVE-2017-9615

Password exposure in Cognito Software Moneyworks 8.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to gain administrator access to all data, because verbo…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.4%
percentile 73%
Public exploits
0
none known

Password exposure in Cognito Software Moneyworks 8.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to gain administrator access to all data, because verbose logging writes the administrator password to a world-readable file.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.40% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

  • cognito.co.nz /mwcommunity/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3542 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • gist.github.com /ari/e0dd74c12d84f102e3bcb365118e8c30 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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