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Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVE-2022-39820

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

In Network Element Manager in NOKIA NFM-T R19.9, an Unprotected Storage of Credentials vulnerability occurs under /root/RestUploadManager.xml.DRC and /DEPOT/KECustom_199/OTNE_DRC/RestUploadManager.xml. A remote user, authenticated to the operating system, with access privileges to the directory /root or /DEPOT, is able to read cleartext credentials to access the web portal NFM-T and control all the PPS Network elements.

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

CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published