Hitek Automize up to 10.25/11.14 Profile Password hitek.jar inadequate encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Hitek Automize up to 10.25/11.14. This impacts an unknown function of the file hitek.jar of the component Profile Password Handler. Such manipulation leads to inadequate encryption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-10102. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hitek Automize up to 10.25/11.14. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file hitek.jar of the component Profile Password Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inadequate encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-326. The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

hitek.jar in Hitek Software's Automize uses weak encryption when encrypting SSH/SFTP and Encryption profile passwords. This allows an attacker to retrieve the encrypted passwords from sshProfiles.jsd and encryptionProfiles.jsd and decrypt them to recover cleartext passwords. All 10.x up to and including 10.25 and all 11.x up to and including 11.14 are verified to be affected.

The bug was discovered 01/23/2017. The weakness was released 01/23/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at rastamouse.me. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-10102 since 01/02/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 SecurityFocus (BID 96848†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-95785, VDB-95787 and VDB-95788. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Hitek

Name

• Automize

Version

• 10.0
• 10.1
• 10.2
• 10.3
• 10.4
• 10.5
• 10.6
• 10.7
• 10.8
• 10.9
• 10.10
• 10.11
• 10.12
• 10.13
• 10.14
• 10.15
• 10.16
• 10.17
• 10.18
• 10.19
• 10.20
• 10.21
• 10.22
• 10.23
• 10.24
• 10.25
• 11.0
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.3
• 11.4
• 11.5
• 11.6
• 11.7
• 11.8
• 11.9
• 11.10
• 11.11
• 11.12
• 11.13
• 11.14

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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NVD Base Score: 8.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Inadequate encryption
CWE: CWE-326 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/02/2017 🔍
01/23/2017 +21 days 🔍
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01/23/2017 +0 days 🔍
01/23/2017 +0 days 🔍
05/14/2026 +3398 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: rastamouse.me
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-10102 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-10102
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95786
SecurityFocus: 96848 - Hitek Software Automize CVE-2016-10102 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-10102 - Hitek - Automize - Information Disclosure Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/23/2017 16:24
Updated: 05/14/2026 08:08
Changes: 01/23/2017 16:24 (58), 07/30/2020 09:36 (5), 05/14/2026 08:08 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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