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CVE-2018-16791

N/A

Published: December 5, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorSftp /scp Server

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

In SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server through 2018-09-10, the configuration file is world readable and writable, and stores user passwords in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to determine passwords for potentially privileged accounts. This also grants the attacker an ability to backdoor the server.

Affected

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

Sftp /scp Server · Solarwinds

95%

v ≤ 20180910

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 (1)

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/0

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-522

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