Multiple vulnerabilities in Express Invoice

Published: 2020-04-07 | Updated: 2020-08-08

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2020-11560 CVE-2020-11561
CWE-ID	CWE-522 CWE-269
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Express Invoice Client/Desktop applications / Office applications
Vendor	NCH Software

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Insufficiently protected credentials

EUVDB-ID: #VU34530

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11560

CWE-ID: CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

NCH Express Invoice 7.25 allows local users to discover the cleartext password by reading the configuration file.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Express Invoice: 7.25

External links

http://tejaspingulkar.blogspot.com/2020/03/cve-cve-2020-11560-title-clear-text.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0BWq33qVCs&feature=youtu.be

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Improper Privilege Management

EUVDB-ID: #VU34531

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11561

CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management