PT-2025-48966 · Unknown · Aquarius Desktop

Simon Bertrand · Published 2025-12-03 · Updated 2025-12-03 · CVE-2025-65841

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Aquarius Desktop version 3.0.069

Description Aquarius Desktop stores user authentication credentials in the local file ~/Library/Application Support/Aquarius/aquarius.settings using a weak obfuscation scheme. The password is “encrypted” through predictable byte-substitution that can be trivially reversed, allowing immediate recovery of the plaintext value. An attacker who can read this settings file can fully compromise the victim’s Aquarius account by importing the stolen configuration into their own client or logging in through the vendor website. This results in complete account takeover, unauthorized access to cloud-synchronized data, and the ability to perform authenticated actions as the user. The vulnerable file is located at ~/Library/Application Support/Aquarius/aquarius.settings.

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

Exploit

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-65841

Affected Products

Aquarius Desktop

References · 7

• 🔥 https://almightysec.com/account-takeover-via-weak-encryption · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65841 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-65841 · Vendor Advisory
• http://acustica.com · Note
• http://aquarius.com · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1996268281724883195 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/38766 · Telegram Post