CVE-2018-16791 Information

Description

In SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server through 2018-09-10 the configuration file is world readable and writable and stores user passwords in an insecure manner allowing an attacker to determine passwords for potentially privileged accounts. This also grants the attacker an ability to backdoor the server.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/0

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8