Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7 Password Storage SHA1 cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7. This affects an unknown part of the component Password Storage. Performing a manipulation results in cryptographic issue (SHA1). This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-9233. The attack requires a local approach. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Password Storage. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability (SHA1). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7 uses an unsalted SHA-1 hash for password storage in %PROGRAMDATA%\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Config\machine.xml, which makes it easier for attackers to determine a cleartext password, and subsequently choose unsafe malware settings, via rainbow tables or other approaches.

The bug was discovered 04/04/2018. The weakness was disclosed 04/05/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at hyp3rlinx.altervista.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-9233 since 04/03/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (44411). The entry VDB-115885 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Name: SHA1
Class: Cryptographic issue / SHA1
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/03/2018 🔍
04/04/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/05/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/05/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/06/2018 +1 days 🔍
10/18/2025 +2751 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-9233 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-9233
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-115887
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/06/2018 10:10
Updated: 10/18/2025 01:12
Changes: 04/06/2018 10:10 (60), 01/22/2020 17:34 (4), 10/18/2025 01:12 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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