A vulnerability has been found in POSIM EVO 15.13 on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

POSIM EVO 15.13 for Windows includes hardcoded database credentials for the "root" database user. "root" access to POSIM EVO's database may result in a breach of confidentiality, integrity, or availability or allow for attackers to remotely execute code on associated POSIM EVO clients.

The bug was discovered 06/03/2018. The weakness was shared 08/23/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at versprite.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-15808 since 08/23/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1110.001 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 81 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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