Medium severity · published Apr 18, 2019
CVE-2018-17287
In Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console 4.1.1.11.0.5212, some fields, such as passwords, are obfuscated in the front-end, but the cleartext value can be exfiltrated by…
4.9
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console 4.1.1.11.0.5212, some fields, such as passwords, are obfuscated in the front-end, but the cleartext value can be exfiltrated by using the back-end "download" feature, as demonstrated by an mfp.password downloadsettingvalue operation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Front Office Server · Kofax
4.1.1.11.0.5212 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17287
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17287
Exploit
https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2018-17287-Information%20Disclosure-Kofax
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