CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-9233
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-04-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-916
Description
Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7 uses an unsalted SHA-1 hash for password storage in %PROGRAMDATA%\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Config\machine.xml, which makes it easier for attackers to determine a cleartext password, and subsequently choose unsafe malware settings, via rainbow tables or other approaches.
Affected configurations
• sophos endpoint protection 10.7
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort weakness
References
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SOPHOS-ENDPOINT-PROTECTION-CONTROL-PANEL-v10.7-INSECURE-CRYPTO-CVE-2018-9233.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44411/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SOPHOS-ENDPOINT-PROTECTION-CONTROL-PANEL-v10.7-INSECURE-CRYPTO-CVE-2018-9233.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44411/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry