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CVE-2018-5261

N/A
Published: February 2, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:59 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDiskboss

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

An issue was discovered in Flexense DiskBoss 8.8.16 and earlier. Due to the usage of plaintext information from the handshake as input for the encryption key used for the encryption of the rest of the session, the server and client disclose sensitive information, such as the authentication credentials, to any man-in-the-middle (MiTM) listener.

Affected

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

Diskboss· Flexense
95%
v ≤ 8.8.16

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)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/bitsadmin/exploits/tree/master/CVE-2018-5261

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-311

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