CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-9978
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-08-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
On the OSNEXUS QuantaStor v4 virtual appliance before 4.3.1, a flaw was found with the error message sent as a response for users that don't exist on the system. An attacker could leverage this information to fine-tune and enumerate valid accounts on the system by searching for common usernames.
Affected configurations
• osnexus quantastor (<= 4.3.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143780/OSNEXUS-QuantaStor-4-Information-Disclosure.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/23 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vvvsecurity.com/advisories/vvvsecurity-advisory-2017-6943.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42517/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143780/OSNEXUS-QuantaStor-4-Information-Disclosure.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/23 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vvvsecurity.com/advisories/vvvsecurity-advisory-2017-6943.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42517/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry