Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-261

Allowed

Weak Encoding for Password

Abstraction: Base · Status: Incomplete

API response cwe.mitre.org

Obscuring a password with a trivial encoding does not protect the password.

43 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

CVE-2020-10275 (GCVE-0-2020-10275)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-24 05:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:31
VLAI
Title
RVD#2565: Weak token generation for the REST API.
Summary
The access tokens for the REST API are directly derived from the publicly available default credentials for the web interface. Given a USERNAME and a PASSWORD, the token string is generated directly with base64(USERNAME:sha256(PASSWORD)). An unauthorized attacker inside the network can use the default credentials to compute the token and interact with the REST API to exfiltrate, infiltrate or delete data.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
Alias CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mobile Industrial Robots A/S MiR100 Affected: v2.8.1.1 and before
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Date Public
2020-06-24 00:00
Credits
Alias Robotics (group, https://aliasrobotics.com)
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CVE-2017-7905 (GCVE-0-2017-7905)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-30 02:35 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:19
VLAI
Summary
A Weak Cryptography for Passwords issue was discovered in General Electric (GE) Multilin SR 750 Feeder Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 7.47; SR 760 Feeder Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 7.47; SR 469 Motor Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 5.23; SR 489 Generator Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 4.06; SR 745 Transformer Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 5.23; SR 369 Motor Protection Relay, all firmware versions; Multilin Universal Relay, firmware Version 6.0 and prior versions; and Multilin URplus (D90, C90, B95), all versions. Ciphertext versions of user passwords were created with a non-random initialization vector leaving them susceptible to dictionary attacks. Ciphertext of user passwords can be obtained from the front LCD panel of affected products and through issued Modbus commands.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
icscert CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a GE Multilin SR, UR, and URplus Protective Relays Affected: GE Multilin SR, UR, and URplus Protective Relays
Date Public
2017-06-29 00:00
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CVE-2013-1053 (GCVE-0-2013-1053)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-13 23:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:23
VLAI
Title
Insecure crypto for storing passwords
Summary
In crypt.c of remote-login-service, the cryptographic algorithm used to cache usernames and passwords is insecure. An attacker could use this vulnerability to recover usernames and passwords from the file. This issue affects version 1.0.0-0ubuntu3 and prior versions.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-261 - Weak Cryptography for Passwords
Assigner
canonical CNA
References
URL Tags
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1158373 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical remote-login-service Affected: 1.0.0-0 , ≤ 1.0.0-0ubuntu3 (custom)
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Date Public
2015-03-27 00:00
Credits
Marc Deslauriers
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Mitigation

Passwords should be encrypted with keys that are at least 128 bits in length for adequate security.

CAPEC-55: Rainbow Table Password Cracking

An attacker gets access to the database table where hashes of passwords are stored. They then use a rainbow table of pre-computed hash chains to attempt to look up the original password. Once the original password corresponding to the hash is obtained, the attacker uses the original password to gain access to the system.

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