PT-2012-5701 · Layton · Layton Helpbox

Published 2012-12-12 · Updated 2012-12-12 · CVE-2012-4977

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Layton Helpbox version 4.4.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to discover cleartext credentials for the login page by sniffing the network.

Recommendations For Layton Helpbox version 4.4.0, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, although at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4977

Affected Products

Layton Helpbox

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4977 · Security Note
• http://reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/helpbox-cleartext-login.html · Note