What is CVE-2019-7690?

CVE-2019-7690 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mobatek Mobaxterm, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-7690?

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

Is CVE-2019-7690 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Mobatek Mobaxterm

CVE-2019-7690

In MobaTek MobaXterm Personal Edition v11.1 Build 3860, the SSH private key and its password can be retrieved from process memory for the lifetime of the process, even after the user disconnects from the remote SSH server. This affects Pas…

EPSS: 0.032 (86.6th 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

Mobatek Mobaxterm — versions 11.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-255

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7690?: CVE-2019-7690 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mobatek Mobaxterm, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-7690?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-7690 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.