PT-2017-19074 · Cognito · Moneyworks

Aristedes Maniatis · Published 2017-06-26 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-9615

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cognito Software Moneyworks versions 8.0.3 and earlier

Description The issue allows attackers to gain administrator access to all data. This is because verbose logging writes the administrator password to a world-readable file.

Recommendations For versions 8.0.3 and earlier, update to a version later than 8.0.3 to prevent password exposure. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling verbose logging until a patch is available.

Fix

Incorrect Permission

Insertion into Log File

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

CWE-532

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9615

Affected Products

Moneyworks

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9615 · Security Note
• https://gist.github.com/ari/e0dd74c12d84f102e3bcb365118e8c30 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9615 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cognito.co.nz/mwcommunity/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3542 · Vendor Advisory