PT-2022-9846 · Hcltech · Bigfix Insights

Published 2022-03-04 · Updated 2022-03-10 · CVE-2021-27757

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Software (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns insecure password storage. Sensitive information is stored in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere, allowing attackers to potentially read it and gain access to sensitive information.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-312

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-27757

Affected Products

Bigfix Insights

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27757 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0095303 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27757 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/38466 · Telegram Post