What is CVE-2017-15582?

CVE-2017-15582 is a high-severity vulnerability in Writediary Diary With Lock, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-15582?

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

Vulnerability in Writediary Diary With Lock

CVE-2017-15582

In net.MCrypt in the "Diary with lock" (aka WriteDiary) application 4.72 for Android, hardcoded SecretKey and iv variables are used for the AES parameters, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain the cleartext of stored diary entries.

Published 2017-10-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Writediary Diary With Lock — versions 4.72

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

1337sec.blogspot.de/2017/10/auditing-writediarycom-cve-2017-15581.html (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
gist.github.com/anonymous/603b89f864a71426042b167cab557efa (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15582?: CVE-2017-15582 is a high-severity vulnerability in Writediary Diary With Lock, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-15582?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.