4.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-17287
Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console Password Exposure Vulnerability
Description

In Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console 4.1.1.11.0.5212, some fields, such as passwords, are obfuscated in the front-end, but the cleartext value can be exfiltrated by using the back-end "download" feature, as demonstrated by an mfp.password downloadsettingvalue operation.

INFO

Published Date :

April 18, 2019, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-17287 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Kofax front_office_server
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2018-17287-Information%20Disclosure-Kofax Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-17287 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-17287 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-200 CWE-255 CWE-311 CWE-345
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 24, 2019

    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:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2018-17287-Information%20Disclosure-Kofax No Types Assigned https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2018-17287-Information%20Disclosure-Kofax Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-200
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kofax:front_office_server:4.1.1.11.0.5212:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-17287 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-17287 weaknesses.

CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-37: Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data CAPEC-65: Sniff Application Code Sniff Application Code CAPEC-157: Sniffing Attacks Sniffing Attacks CAPEC-158: Sniffing Network Traffic Sniffing Network Traffic CAPEC-204: Lifting Sensitive Data Embedded in Cache Lifting Sensitive Data Embedded in Cache CAPEC-383: Harvesting Information via API Event Monitoring Harvesting Information via API Event Monitoring CAPEC-384: Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle CAPEC-385: Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API Manipulation Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API Manipulation CAPEC-386: Application API Navigation Remapping Application API Navigation Remapping CAPEC-387: Navigation Remapping To Propagate Malicious Content Navigation Remapping To Propagate Malicious Content CAPEC-388: Application API Button Hijacking Application API Button Hijacking CAPEC-477: Signature Spoofing by Mixing Signed and Unsigned Content Signature Spoofing by Mixing Signed and Unsigned Content CAPEC-609: Cellular Traffic Intercept Cellular Traffic Intercept CAPEC-111: JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking) JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking) CAPEC-141: Cache Poisoning Cache Poisoning CAPEC-142: DNS Cache Poisoning DNS Cache Poisoning CAPEC-148: Content Spoofing Content Spoofing CAPEC-218: Spoofing of UDDI/ebXML Messages Spoofing of UDDI/ebXML Messages CAPEC-384: Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle CAPEC-385: Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API Manipulation Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API Manipulation CAPEC-386: Application API Navigation Remapping Application API Navigation Remapping CAPEC-387: Navigation Remapping To Propagate Malicious Content Navigation Remapping To Propagate Malicious Content CAPEC-388: Application API Button Hijacking Application API Button Hijacking CAPEC-665: Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws CAPEC-701: Browser in the Middle (BiTM) Browser in the Middle (BiTM)
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} 0.00%

score

0.32528

percentile

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