Credential disclosure via reversible authentication packets
Published Mar 20, 2023 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Information disclosure in WellinTech KingHistorian 35.01.00.05 allows attackers to recover credentials from captured authentication traffic. XDBServer authentication packets carry both a ciphered password and all four enc_key parts needed to reverse it after optional QuickLZ decompression. Attackers must capture a legitimate authentication packet on the network; the demonstrated consequence is plaintext username and password disclosure.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in WellinTech KingHistorian 35.01.00.05 allows attackers to recover credentials from captured authentication traffic. XDBServer authentication packets carry both a ciphered password and all four enc_key parts needed to reverse it after optional QuickLZ decompression. Attackers must capture a legitimate authentication packet on the network; the demonstrated consequence is plaintext username and password disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-45124
- Published
- Mar 20, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- WellinTech
- Product
- KingHistorian
- Classifications
- CWE-287, CWE-200, T1040
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 20, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=35.01.00.05
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Cisco Talos captured-packet credential recovery proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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