What is CVE-2017-6528?

CVE-2017-6528 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dnatools Dnalims, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-6528?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dnatools Dnalims

CVE-2017-6528

An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is affected by plaintext password storage (the /home/dna/spool/.pfile file).

Published 2017-03-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.034 (88.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dnatools Dnalims — versions 4-2015s13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96823 (vdb-entry)
www.shorebreaksecurity.com/blog/product-security-advisory-psa0002-dnalims/ (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41578/ (exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6528?: CVE-2017-6528 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dnatools Dnalims, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-6528?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.