Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-3278 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) vulnerability in Qnap Ts-239 PRO Firmware and Ts-639 PRO Firmware

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
qnap
CWE-338

Summary

The QNAP TS-239 Pro and TS-639 Pro with firmware 2.1.7 0613, 3.1.0 0627, and 3.1.1 0815 use the rand library function to generate a certain recovery key, which makes it easier for local users to determine this key via a brute-force attack.