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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Thomson Reuters UltraTax CS 2017 on Windows. Affected is an unknown function of the component Password Protection. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-14608. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in Thomson Reuters UltraTax CS 2017 on Windows (affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Password Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Thompson Reuters UltraTax CS 2017 on Windows has a password protection option; however, the level of protection might be inconsistent with some customers' expectations because the data is directly accessible in cleartext. Specifically, it stores customer data in unique directories (%install_path%\WinCSI\UT17DATA\client_ID\file_name.XX17) that can be bypassed without authentication by examining the strings of the .XX17 file. The strings stored in the .XX17 file contain each customer's: Full Name, Spouse's Name, Social Security Number, Date of Birth, Occupation, Home Address, Daytime Phone Number, Home Phone Number, Spouse's Address, Spouse's Daytime Phone Number, Spouse's Social Security Number, Spouse's Home Phone Number, Spouse's Occupation, Spouse's Date of Birth, and Spouse's Filing Status.

The bug was discovered 07/25/2018. The weakness was disclosed 07/26/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at corporateblue.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-14608 since 07/26/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 entry VDB-122241 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• UltraTax CS 2017

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