CVE-2022-38337

Published Dec 6, 2022

Last updated 2 years ago

CVSS critical 9.1

Overview

Description: When aborting a SFTP connection, MobaXterm before v22.1 sends a hardcoded password to the server. The server treats this as an invalid login attempt which can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the user if services like fail2ban are used.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 9.1
Impact score: 5.2
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Severity: CRITICAL

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-798

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mobatek:mobaxterm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "AB90CF92-AABC-451A-AEE9-6BFC465A0022",
            "versionEndIncluding": "22.2"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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