What is CVE-2009-2272?

CVE-2009-2272 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei D100, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2009-07-01.

How severe is CVE-2009-2272?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei D100

CVE-2009-2272

The Huawei D100 stores the administrator's account name and password in cleartext in a cookie, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) reading a cookie file, by (2) sniffing the network for HTTP headers, and possibly by using unspecified other vectors.

EPSS: 0.006 (47.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Huawei D100
Huawei D100_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-2272?: CVE-2009-2272 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei D100, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2009-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2009-2272?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.