Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-10286 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Ericssonlg Ipecs NMS A.1Ac

047910
CVSS 4.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
ericssonlg
CWE-522
exploit available

Summary

The Ericsson-LG iPECS NMS A.1Ac web application discloses sensitive information such as the NMS admin credentials and the PostgreSQL database credentials to logged-in users via the responses to certain HTTP POST requests. In order to be able to see the credentials in cleartext, an attacker needs to be authenticated.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Ericssonlg
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Session Sidejacking
    Session sidejacking takes advantage of an unencrypted communication channel between a victim and target system. The attacker sniffs traffic on a network looking for session tokens in unencrypted traffic. Once a session token is captured, the attacker performs malicious actions by using the stolen token with the targeted application to impersonate the victim. This attack is a specific method of session hijacking, which is exploiting a valid session token to gain unauthorized access to a target system or information. Other methods to perform a session hijacking are session fixation, cross-site scripting, or compromising a user or server machine and stealing the session token.
  • Lifting credential(s)/key material embedded in client distributions (thick or thin)
    An attacker examines a target application's code or configuration files to find credential or key material that has been embedded within the application or its files. Many services require authentication with their users for the various purposes including billing, access control or attribution. Some client applications store the user's authentication credentials or keys to accelerate the login process. Some clients may have built-in keys or credentials (in which case the server is authenticating with the client, rather than the user). If the attacker is able to locate where this information is stored, they may be able to retrieve these credentials. The attacker could then use these stolen credentials to impersonate the user or client, respectively, in interactions with the service or use stolen keys to eavesdrop on nominally secure communications between the client and server.
  • Password Recovery Exploitation
    An attacker may take advantage of the application feature to help users recover their forgotten passwords in order to gain access into the system with the same privileges as the original user. Generally password recovery schemes tend to be weak and insecure. Most of them use only one security question . For instance, mother's maiden name tends to be a fairly popular one. Unfortunately in many cases this information is not very hard to find, especially if the attacker knows the legitimate user. These generic security questions are also re-used across many applications, thus making them even more insecure. An attacker could for instance overhear a coworker talking to a bank representative at the work place and supplying their mother's maiden name for verification purposes. An attacker can then try to log in into one of the victim's accounts, click on "forgot password" and there is a good chance that the security question there will be to provide mother's maiden name. A weak password recovery scheme totally undermines the effectiveness of a strong password scheme.

Exploit-Db

descriptionEricsson-LG iPECS NMS A.1Ac - Cleartext Credential Disclosure. CVE-2018-10285,CVE-2018-10286,CVE-2018-9245. Webapps exploit for PHP platform. Tags: SQL Injec...
fileexploits/php/webapps/44515.py
idEDB-ID:44515
last seen2018-05-24
modified2018-04-24
platformphp
port
published2018-04-24
reporterExploit-DB
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/44515/
titleEricsson-LG iPECS NMS A.1Ac - Cleartext Credential Disclosure
typewebapps

Packetstorm

data sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/147351/ericssonlgipecs-disclose.txt
idPACKETSTORM:147351
last seen2018-04-25
published2018-04-25
reporterBerk Cem Goksel
sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147351/Ericsson-LG-iPECS-NMS-A.1Ac-Credential-Disclosure.html
titleEricsson-LG iPECS NMS A.1Ac Credential Disclosure