#VU17466 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Eclipse Mosquitto - CVE-2018-12550

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#VU17466 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Eclipse Mosquitto - CVE-2018-12550

Published: February 11, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17466
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12550
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Eclipse Mosquitto
Software vendor:
Eclipse

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insecure default permissions to topics and messages, if the ACL file is blank. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.



Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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