5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-15770
Gradle Enterprise Password Brute Forcing Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in Gradle Enterprise 2018.5. An attacker can potentially make repeated attempts to guess a local user's password, due to lack of lock-out after excessive failed logins.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 18, 2020, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 30, 2022, 3:28 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gradle enterprise
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/gradle/gradle/security/advisories Third Party Advisory
https://security.gradle.com/advisory/CVE-2020-15770 Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-15770 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
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 30, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description An issue was discovered in Gradle Enterprise 2018.5. There is a lack of lock-out after excessive failed login attempts. This allows a remote attacker to conduct brute-force guessing of a local user's password. An issue was discovered in Gradle Enterprise 2018.5. An attacker can potentially make repeated attempts to guess a local user's password, due to lack of lock-out after excessive failed logins.
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/gradle/gradle/security/advisories No Types Assigned https://github.com/gradle/gradle/security/advisories Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gradle.com/advisory/CVE-2020-15770 No Types Assigned https://security.gradle.com/advisory/CVE-2020-15770 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-307
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gradle:enterprise:2018.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.04 }} 0.00%

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0.05635

percentile

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