In SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server through 2018-09-10, the configuration file is world readable and writable, and stores user passwords in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to determine passwords for potentially privileged accounts. This also grants the attacker an ability to backdoor the server.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-8591 In SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server through 2018-09-10, the configuration file is world readable and writable, and stores user passwords in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to determine passwords for potentially privileged accounts. This also grants the attacker an ability to backdoor the server.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:32:53.988Z

Reserved: 2018-09-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-16791

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-05T22:29:00.227

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:53:21.580

Link: CVE-2018-16791

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