Asus RT-N12+ B1 Setting cleartext storage

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A vulnerability was found in Asus RT-N12+ B1. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation leads to cleartext storage. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-28327. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Asus RT-N12+ B1 (version unknown). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Asus RT-N12+ B1 router stores user passwords in plaintext, which could allow local attackers to obtain unauthorized access and modify router settings.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-28327 since 03/08/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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• Asus

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• RT-N12+ B1

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.asus.com/

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