CVE-2020-10538

Q: How do I fix CVE-2020-10538?

Upgrade epikur to 20.1.1 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2020-10538 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-10538 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.26% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 18% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2020-10538?

CVE-2020-10538 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2020-10538 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for epikur (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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.

CWE-916

How to fix

Remediation Available

epikurNVD

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

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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

18thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 18% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

x41-dsec.de

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-916 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2021-38314	Medium	5.3	29%	-	-
CVE-2018-10618	Critical	9.8	10%	-	Fix
CVE-2005-0408	Critical	9.8	4.7%	-	-
CVE-2023-33243	High	8.1	4.4%	-	-
CVE-2020-14516	Critical	10.0	4.1%	-	-
CVE-2024-21754	Low	1.8	3.5%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2020-10538?

Upgrade epikur to 20.1.1 or later.

Is CVE-2020-10538 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-10538 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.26% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 18% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2020-10538?

CVE-2020-10538 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2020-10538 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for epikur (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.