CVE-2014-5457 (GCVE-0-2014-5457)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-08-25 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:26
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Summary
QNAP TS-469U with firmware 4.0.7 Build 20140410, TS-459U, TS-EC1679U-RP, and SS-839 use world-readable permissions for /etc/config/shadow, which allows local users to obtain usernames and hashed passwords by reading the password.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/57 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/58 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/61 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/59 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
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