CVE-2016-6485 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The __construct function in Framework/Encryption/Crypt.php in Magento 2 uses the PHP rand function to generate a random number for the initialization vector, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by guessing the value.

Published: 2017-03-01

Score: 7.5 High

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:magento:magento2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2019-0751	Unauthenticated crypto and weak IV in Magento\Framework\Encryption
Github GHSA	GHSA-h7qw-mxrm-c6h2	Unauthenticated crypto and weak IV in Magento\Framework\Encryption

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00084.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/14
https://github.com/magento/magento2/pull/15017

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Magento Magento2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-01T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:20.240Z

Reserved: 2016-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6485

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-01T20:59:00.220

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-6485

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-327

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