CVE-2018-16791

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-16791
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-05 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server through 2018-09-10, the configuration file is world readable and writable, and stores user passwords in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to determine passwords for potentially privileged accounts. This also grants the attacker an ability to backdoor the server.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-522

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Solarwinds Sftp/scp Server All All All All
Application Solarwinds Sftp/scp Server All All All All

References

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Full Disclosure: SolarWinds SFTP Vulnerabilities FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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