Information disclosure in ATX MiniCMTS200a Broadband Gateway

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU48736

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application within the user.ini. A remote authenticated attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

miniCMTS200a Broadband Gateway: 2.0

External links

http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192443
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49124
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160261
http://atx.com/products/commercial-services-gateways/minicmts200a-broadband-gateway/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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