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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2018-7506

High
7.5/10

Summary

The private key of the web server in Moxa MXview versions 2.8 and prior is able to be read and accessed via an HTTP GET request, which may allow a remote attacker to decrypt encrypted information.

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

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published