CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-10538

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Epikur before 20.1.1. It stores the secret passwords of the users as MD5 hashes in the database. MD5 can be brute-forced efficiently and should not be used for such purposes. Additionally, since no salt is used, rainbow tables can speed up the attack.

How to fix

Remediation Available
epikurNVD
Affected:< 20.1.1Fixed in:20.1.1CVE-2020-10538derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days
17thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 17% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1
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