High severity · published Aug 11, 2020
CVE-2020-9404
In PACTware before 4.1 SP6 and 5.x before 5.0.5.31, passwords are stored in an insecure manner, and may be modified by an attacker with no knowledge of the current passwords
7.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In PACTware before 4.1 SP6 and 5.x before 5.0.5.31, passwords are stored in an insecure manner, and may be modified by an attacker with no knowledge of the current passwords.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
Pactware · Pactware
5.0 before 5.0.5.31; 2.4; 3.0; 3.5; 3.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9404
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9404
Vendor Advisory
https://pactware.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Cyber-Security-Documents/2020-05-29_published_PWC_CyberSecurityNotifications-CVE-2020-9403-9404__002_.pdf
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5.5
CVE-2020-9403
In PACTware before 4.1 SP6 and 5.x before 5.0.5.31, passwords are stored in a recoverable format, and may be retrieved by any user with access to the PACTware workstation