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7.5high

CVE-2018-9028

Weak cryptography used for passwords in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x reduces the complexity for password cracking.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.9%
percentile 59%
Public exploits
0
none known

Weak cryptography used for passwords in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x reduces the complexity for password cracking.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.86% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • CA Technologies CA Privileged Access Manager

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/104496 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • support.ca.com /us/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20180614-01--security-notice-fo · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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