What is CVE-2018-10024?

CVE-2018-10024 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ubiquoss Vp5208a, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-10024?

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

Vulnerability in Ubiquoss Vp5208a

CVE-2018-10024

ubiQuoss Switch VP5208A creates a bcm_password file at /cgi-bin/ with the user credentials in cleartext when a failed login attempt occurs. The file can be reached via an HTTP request. The credentials can be used to access the system via SSH (or TELNET if it is enabled).

EPSS: 0.014 (70.3th 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

Ubiquoss Vp5208a
Ubiquoss Vp5208a_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10024?: CVE-2018-10024 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ubiquoss Vp5208a, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-10024?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.