Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-31119 - Information Exposure Through Log Files vulnerability in Nextcloud Mail

047910
CVSS 4.9 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
HIGH
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
nextcloud
CWE-532
NVD
Published: 2022-08-04
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Nextcloud Mail is an email application for the nextcloud personal cloud product. Affected versions of Nextcloud mail would log user passwords to disk in the event of a misconfiguration. Should an attacker gain access to the logs complete access to affected accounts would be obtainable. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail is upgraded to 1.12.1. Operators should inspect their logs and remove passwords which have been logged. There are no workarounds to prevent logging in the event of a misconfiguration.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Nextcloud
177

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Fuzzing and observing application log data/errors for application mapping
    An attacker sends random, malformed, or otherwise unexpected messages to a target application and observes the application's log or error messages returned. Fuzzing techniques involve sending random or malformed messages to a target and monitoring the target's response. The attacker does not initially know how a target will respond to individual messages but by attempting a large number of message variants they may find a variant that trigger's desired behavior. In this attack, the purpose of the fuzzing is to observe the application's log and error messages, although fuzzing a target can also sometimes cause the target to enter an unstable state, causing a crash. By observing logs and error messages, the attacker can learn details about the configuration of the target application and might be able to cause the target to disclose sensitive information.

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