Critical severity · published Dec 5, 2018
CVE-2018-16791
In SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server through 2018-09-10, the configuration file is world readable and writable, and stores user passwords in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to…
9.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server through 2018-09-10, the configuration file is world readable and writable, and stores user passwords in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to determine passwords for potentially privileged accounts. This also grants the attacker an ability to backdoor the server.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SS
Sftp/scp Server · Solarwinds
through 20180910 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16791
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16791
Mailing List
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/0
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CVE-2018-16792
SolarWinds SFTP/SCP server through 2018-09-10 is vulnerable to XXE via a world readable and writable configuration file that allows an attacker to exfiltrate data