Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Fortify on Demand Uploader - CVE-2019-10449

 

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Fortify on Demand Uploader - CVE-2019-10449

Published: October 22, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22145
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10449
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Fortify on Demand Uploader

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to view the password on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected software stores credentials unencrypted in job "config.xml" files on the Jenkins master. A remote authenticated user with Extended Read permission or access to the master file system can obtain credentials.

How to mitigate CVE-2019-10449

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

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