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CVE-2017-9978

N/A

Published: August 28, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:29 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorQuantaStor

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 5%

Description

On the OSNEXUS QuantaStor v4 virtual appliance before 4.3.1, a flaw was found with the error message sent as a response for users that don't exist on the system. An attacker could leverage this information to fine-tune and enumerate valid accounts on the system by searching for common usernames.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

QuantaStor · Osnexus

95%

v ≤ 4.3.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143780/OSNEXUS-QuantaStor-4-Information-Disclosure.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/23

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryURL Repurposed

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vvvsecurity.com/advisories/vvvsecurity-advisory-2017-6943.txt

Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42517/

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-200

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