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Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

CVE-2017-8074

High
9.8/10

Summary

On the TP-Link TL-SG108E 1.0, a remote attacker could retrieve credentials from "SEND data" log lines where passwords are encoded in hexadecimal. This affects the 1.1.2 Build 20141017 Rel.50749 firmware.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

It's quite common for applications to save logs. For example, whenever a user requests a resource from a particular website, the web server writes information about the request to a log file. These files are helpful for identifying abnormal system activity, bugs, and evaluating the security controls of the application. Security of log files is critical for the overall security of the application and its confidential resources. An application that lacks appropriate logging levels can expose sensitive user data and system information stored on the log files to malicious users. This info can be exploited to compromise your system.

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