Password security compromise via MD5 hashing
Published Jun 22, 2023 · Updated Dec 5, 2024
Weak cryptography in HCL BigFix OSD Bare Metal Server before 311.12 allows local users to cause unspecified impact via MD5. The affected password-security path relies on MD5, but HCL has not published the storage or verification operation that consumes it. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and no user interaction; no concrete post-compromise behavior is publicly documented.
Summary
What happened
Weak cryptography in HCL BigFix OSD Bare Metal Server before 311.12 allows local users to cause unspecified impact via MD5. The affected password-security path relies on MD5, but HCL has not published the storage or verification operation that consumes it. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and no user interaction; no concrete post-compromise behavior is publicly documented.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-28006
- Published
- Jun 22, 2023
- Updated
- Dec 5, 2024
- Vendor
- HCL Software
- Product
- HCL BigFix OSD Bare Metal Server
- Classifications
- CWE-327
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 22, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 5, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 311.12
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