CVE-2018-5261

Published Feb 2, 2018

Last updated 5 years ago

Overview

Description
An issue was discovered in Flexense DiskBoss 8.8.16 and earlier. Due to the usage of plaintext information from the handshake as input for the encryption key used for the encryption of the rest of the session, the server and client disclose sensitive information, such as the authentication credentials, to any man-in-the-middle (MiTM) listener.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
8.1
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
2.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-311

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations