CVE-2018-5261

An issue was discovered in Flexense DiskBoss 8.8.16 and earlier. Due to the usage of plaintext information from the handshake as input for the encryption key used for the encryption of the rest of the session, the server and client disclose sensitive information, such as the authentication credentials, to any man-in-the-middle (MiTM) listener.

CVSS v3.0

8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 38th percentile

Published

2018-02-02

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• bitsadmin/exploits16★ · 2018-05-28
• code-developers/exploits0★ · 2021-04-14

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-11488
• CVE-2018-5262
• CVE-2020-11932
• CVE-2018-5253
• CVE-2018-5252
• CVE-2018-5263