What is CVE-2017-9615?

CVE-2017-9615 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cognito Moneyworks, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-9615?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Cognito Moneyworks

CVE-2017-9615

Password exposure in Cognito Software Moneyworks 8.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to gain administrator access to all data, because verbose logging writes the administrator password to a world-readable file.

EPSS: 0.014 (69.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cognito Moneyworks
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9615?: CVE-2017-9615 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cognito Moneyworks, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-9615?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.