PT-2018-16847 · Flexense · Diskboss

Published 2018-02-02 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-5261

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Flexense DiskBoss versions 8.8.16 and earlier

Description An issue was discovered that allows a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) listener to obtain sensitive information, including authentication credentials, due to the use of plaintext information from the handshake as input for the encryption key. This affects the encryption of the rest of the session.

Recommendations For Flexense DiskBoss versions 8.8.16 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-311

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5261

Affected Products

Diskboss

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/bitsadmin/exploits/tree/master/CVE-2018-5261 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5261 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5261 · Vendor Advisory