CVE-2022-38337

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-38337
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-06 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-03 23:29:00 UTC
DescriptionWhen 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-798

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mobatek Mobaxterm All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MobaXterm Xserver with SSH, telnet, RDP, VNC and X11 - Home Edition MISC mobaxterm.mobatek.net
CVSS N/A CVE-2022-38337 — SSH-MITM MISC docs.ssh-mitm.at
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 379099 MobaTek MobaXterm Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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