CVE-2024-41691 HIGH

CVE-2024-41691: Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information Vulnerability

Vendor Syrotech
Product SyroTech SY-GPON-1110-WDONT router
Weakness CWE-312 · Cleartext storage
Published July 26, 2024
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

7.0/10
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

This vulnerability exists in SyroTech SY-GPON-1110-WDONT Router due to storing of FTP credentials in plaintext within the SquashFS-root filesystem associated with the router's firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this by extracting the firmware and reverse engineer the binary data to access the plaintext FTP credentials from the vulnerable system. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized access to the FTP server associated with the targeted system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 26, 2024 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated