CVE-2005-1606 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

H-Sphere Winbox 2.4.2 and 2.4.3 RC1 stores sensitive information such as username and password in plaintext in world-readable log files, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Published: 2005-05-16

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:positive_software:h-sphere_winbox:2.4.2_patch_4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:positive_software:h-sphere_winbox:2.4.3_rc1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1609	H-Sphere Winbox 2.4.2 and 2.4.3 RC1 stores sensitive information such as username and password in plaintext in world-readable log files, which allows local users to gain privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00333.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://exploitlabs.com/files/advisories/EXPL-A-2005-007-hsphere.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/15287
http://www.osvdb.org/16239
http://www.psoft.net/misc/hsphere_winbox_security_update_passwd.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13559
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20522

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Positive Software H-sphere Winbox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-16T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:59:24.084Z

Reserved: 2005-05-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1606

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-16T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1606

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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