CVE-2015-8542
Open-Xchange Guard Preimage Attack Skip Verification
Description
An issue was discovered in Open-Xchange Guard before 2.2.0-rev8. The "getprivkeybyid" API call is used to download a PGP Private Key for a specific user after providing authentication credentials. Clients provide the "id" and "cid" parameter to specify the current user by its user- and context-ID. The "auth" parameter contains a hashed password string which gets created by the client by asking the user to enter his or her OX Guard password. This parameter is used as single point of authentication when accessing PGP Private Keys. In case a user has set the same password as another user, it is possible to download another user's PGP Private Key by iterating the "id" and "cid" parameters. This kind of attack would also be able by brute-forcing login credentials, but since the "id" and "cid" parameters are sequential they are much easier to predict than a user's login name. At the same time, there are some obvious insecure standard passwords that are widely used. A attacker could send the hashed representation of typically weak passwords and randomly fetch Private Key of matching accounts. The attack can be executed by both internal users and "guests" which use the external mail reader.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 15, 2016, 6:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 19, 2018, 3:46 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
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CVE-2015-8542
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URL | Resource |
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136069/Open-Xchange-Guard-2.2.0-2.0-Private-Key-Disclosure.html | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537678/100/0/threaded | |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035174 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 19, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/537678/100/0/threaded [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537678/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 16, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/537678/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/537678/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136069/Open-Xchange-Guard-2.2.0-2.0-Private-Key-Disclosure.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136069/Open-Xchange-Guard-2.2.0-2.0-Private-Key-Disclosure.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035174 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035174 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-320 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:open-xchange:ox_guard:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-8542
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Exploit Prediction
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0.30 }} 0.00%
score
0.64685
percentile