Cognito Moneyworks up to 8.0.3 Logging Password access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cognito Moneyworks up to 8.0.3. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Logging. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control (Password). This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-9615. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cognito Moneyworks up to 8.0.3. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Logging. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability (Password). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Password exposure in Cognito Software Moneyworks 8.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to gain administrator access to all data, because verbose logging writes the administrator password to a world-readable file.

The bug was discovered 06/26/2017. The weakness was presented 06/26/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cognito.co.nz. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-9615 since 06/14/2017. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Access control / Password
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

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10/20/2019 +846 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cognito.co.nz
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-9615 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-9615
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-102808

Entryinfo

Created: 06/26/2017 15:31
Updated: 10/20/2019 12:58
Changes: 06/26/2017 15:31 (57), 10/20/2019 12:58 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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