CWE-522— Insufficiently Protected Credentials

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in NSClient++ 0.5.2.35 when both the web interface and ExternalScripts features are enabled. The configuration file (nsclient.ini) stores the administrative password in plaintext and is rea…

IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.7 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges due to insecure credential storage. IBM X-Force ID: 259677.

Networker 19.9 and all prior versions contains a Plain-text Password stored in temporary config file during backup duration in NMDA MySQL Database backups. User has low privilege access to Networker Client system could potentially exploit…

An HPE OneView appliance dump may expose SAN switch administrative credentials

CP Plus KVMS Pro versions 2.01.0.T.190521 and prior are vulnerable to sensitive credentials being leaked because they are insufficiently protected.  

Under some circumstances an Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Johnson Controls Metasys ADS/ADX/OAS 10 versions prior to 10.1.6 and 11 versions prior to 11.0.3 allows API calls to expose credentials in plain text.

On cSRX Series devices software permission issues in the container filesystem and stored files combined with storing passwords in a recoverable format in Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a local, low-privileged attacker to elevate their pe…

A flaw was found in the Foreman project. The Datacenter plugin exposes the password through the API to an authenticated local attacker with view_hosts permission. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and in…

Insufficiently protected credentials in the installation binaries for Intel(R) SEAPI in all versions may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Rockwell Automation ISaGRAF Runtime Versions 4.x and 5.x stores the password in plaintext in a file that is in the same directory as the executable file. ISaGRAF Runtime reads the file and saves the data in a variable without any additiona…

A vulnerability in specific versions of Zyxel NBG6818, NBG7815, WSQ20, WSQ50, WSQ60, and WSR30 firmware with pre-configured password management could allow an attacker to obtain root access of the device, if the local attacker dismantles t…

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in SAP GUI for Windows - versions < 7.60 PL13, 7.70 PL4, which allows an attacker with sufficient privileges on the local client-side PC to obtain an equivalent of the user’s password. With …

Samsung Drive Manager 2.0.104 on Samsung H3 devices allows attackers to bypass intended access controls on disk management. WideCharToMultiByte, WideCharStr, and MultiByteStr can contribute to password exposure.

The NGINX Controller 2.0.0 thru 2.9.0 and 3.x before 3.15.0 Administrator password may be exposed in the systemd.txt file that is included in the NGINX support package.

IBM Security Guardium 11.2 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 195770.

A vulnerability in the CLI command permissions of Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to retrieve the password for Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) and then remotely configure the device as an a…

In Unisys Stealth (core) before 6.0.025.0, the Keycloak password is stored in a recoverable format that might be accessible by a local attacker, who could gain access to the Management Server and change the Stealth configuration.

The Taidii Diibear Android application 2.4.0 and all its derivatives allow attackers to obtain user credentials from Shared Preferences and the SQLite database because of insecure data storage.

A CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability exists in EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2019 (Original release and Monthly Updates to September 2020, from 81.7268.1 to 81.7578.1) and EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2020 (Original…

Insufficiently protected credentials in the Intel(R) QAT for Linux before version 1.7.l.4.10.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Stored XSS in InterMind iMind Server through 3.13.65 allows any user to hijack another user's session by sending a malicious file in the chat.

An issue was discovered on Nescomed Multipara Monitor M1000 devices. The device enables an unencrypted TELNET service by default, with a blank password for the admin account. This allows an attacker to gain root access to the device over t…

IBM Verify Gateway (IVG) 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 179009

A vulnerability in Cisco SD-WAN Solution Software could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to access an affected device by using an account that has a default, static password. This account has root privileges. The vulnerability exis…

In NGINX Controller 3.0.0-3.4.0, recovery code required to change a user's password is transmitted and stored in the database in plain text, which allows an attacker who can intercept the database connection or have read access to the data…

Lexiglot through 2014-11-20 allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing a process because the username and password are on the command line.

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by administrative password disclosure. This affects D6220 before V1.0.0.28, D6400 before V1.0.0.60, D8500 before V1.0.3.29, DGN2200v4 before 1.0.0.82, DGN2200Bv4 before 1.0.0.82, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.8,…

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of administrative credentials. This affects R6700v2 before 1.1.0.38 and R6800 before 1.1.0.38.

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of administrative credentials. This affects R6700v2 before 1.1.0.38, R6800 before 1.1.0.38, and D7000 before 1.0.1.50.

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of administrative credentials. This affects R6700v2 before 1.1.0.38, R6800 before 1.1.0.38, and D7000 before 1.0.1.50.

NCH Express Invoice 7.25 allows local users to discover the cleartext password by reading the configuration file.

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3.0 through 7.3.3 uses weak credential storage in some instances which could be decrypted by a local attacker. IBM X-Force ID: 164429.

Jenkins Zulip Plugin 1.1.0 and earlier stored credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where they could be viewed by users with access to the master file system.

Jenkins Dynatrace Application Monitoring Plugin 2.1.3 and earlier stored credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where they could be viewed by users with access to the master file system.

Jenkins Bitbucket OAuth Plugin 0.9 and earlier stored credentials unencrypted in the global config.xml configuration file on the Jenkins master where they could be viewed by users with access to the master file system.

An issue was discovered in TeamViewer 14.2.2558. Updating the product as a non-administrative user requires entering administrative credentials into the GUI. Subsequently, these credentials are processed in Teamviewer.exe, which allows any…

Alarm.com ADC-V522IR 0100b9 devices have Incorrect Access Control, a different issue than CVE-2018-19588. This occurs because of incorrect protection of VPN certificates (used for initiating a VPN session to the Alarm.com infrastructure) o…

Dropbox.exe (and QtWebEngineProcess.exe in the Web Helper) in the Dropbox desktop application 71.4.108.0 store cleartext credentials in memory upon successful login or new account creation. These are not securely freed in the running proce…

Cloud Foundry BOSH 270.x versions prior to v270.1.1, contain a BOSH Director that does not properly redact credentials when configured to use a MySQL database. A local authenticated malicious user may read any credentials that are containe…

In Vijeo Citect 7.30 and 7.40, and CitectSCADA 7.30 and 7.40, a vulnerability has been identified that may allow an authenticated local user access to Citect user credentials.

The iOS mobile application BlueCats Reveal before 5.14 stores the username and password in the app cache as base64 encoded strings, i.e. clear text. These persist in the cache even if the user logs out. This can allow an attacker to compro…

The Android mobile application BlueCats Reveal before 3.0.19 stores the username and password in a clear text file. This file persists until the user logs out or the session times out from non-usage (30 days of no user activity). This can …

During HE deployment via cockpit-ovirt, cockpit-ovirt generates an ansible variable file `/var/lib/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/cockpit/ansibleVarFileXXXXXX.var` which contains the admin and the appliance passwords as plain-text. At the of th…

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel improperly handles key enumeration, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Crestron AM-100 with firmware 1.6.0.2 and AM-101 with firmware 2.7.0.2 stores usernames, passwords, and other configuration options in the file generated via the "export configuration" feature. The configuration file is encrypted using the…

Robotronic RunAsSpc 3.7.0.0 protects stored credentials insufficiently, which allows locally authenticated attackers (under the same user context) to obtain cleartext credentials of the stored account.

A password management issue exists where the Organization authentication username and password were stored in plaintext in log files. A locally authenticated attacker who is able to access these stored plaintext credentials can use them to…

An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability exists in Jenkins Repository Connector Plugin 1.2.4 and earlier in src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/repositoryconnector/ArtifactDeployer.java, src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugi…

Cloud Foundry CredHub CLI, versions prior to 2.2.1, inadvertently writes authentication credentials provided via environment variables to its persistent config file. A local authenticated malicious user with access to the CredHub CLI confi…

In pam/gkr-pam-module.c in GNOME Keyring before 3.27.2, the user's password is kept in a session-child process spawned from the LightDM daemon. This can expose the credential in cleartext.