Password-hash disclosure via exposed passwd entries
Published Oct 22, 2024 · Updated Oct 23, 2024
Insufficient credential protection in Kieback&Peter DDC4000 controllers allows local unauthenticated attackers to read password hashes. The embedded system exposes every user's password hash through /etc/passwd instead of confining hashes to a protected credential store. Exploitation requires local access to that file; public sources do not disclose how such access is obtained or any direct network path.
Summary
What happened
Insufficient credential protection in Kieback&Peter DDC4000 controllers allows local unauthenticated attackers to read password hashes. The embedded system exposes every user's password hash through /etc/passwd instead of confining hashes to a protected credential store. Exploitation requires local access to that file; public sources do not disclose how such access is obtained or any direct network path.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-43812
- Published
- Oct 22, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 23, 2024
- Vendor
- Kieback&Peter
- Product
- DDC4400e
- Classifications
- CWE-522, T1552.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 22, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 23, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.17.6
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