Information disclosure in Cisco Industrial Network Director

1) Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

EUVDB-ID: #VU71107

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20038

CWE-ID: CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to presence of a static private key that is used to encrypt both local data and credentials for accessing remote systems. A local user can decrypt local data or access remote systems monitored by Cisco IND.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Industrial Network Director: before 1.6.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:cisco_systems:industrial_network_director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ind-fZyVjJtG
https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwc29341

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 send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

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.