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CVE-2025-65841 (GCVE-0-2025-65841)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-03 00:00 – Updated: 2026-07-05 16:12

Summary

Aquarius Desktop 3.0.069 for macOS stores user authentication credentials in the local file ~/Library/Application Support/Aquarius/aquarius.settings using a weak obfuscation scheme. The password is "encrypted" through predictable byte-substitution that can be trivially reversed, allowing immediate recovery of the plaintext value. Any attacker who can read this settings file can fully compromise the victim's Aquarius account by importing the stolen configuration into their own client or login through the vendor website. This results in complete account takeover, unauthorized access to cloud-synchronized data, and the ability to perform authenticated actions as the user.

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-12-05 19:01 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2251 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://almightysec.com/account-takeover-via-weak…

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FKIE_CVE-2025-65841

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-03 17:15 - Updated: 2026-11-04 22:10

Severity

6.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	cve@mitre.org	https://almightysec.com/account-takeover-via-weak-encryption/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	acustica-audio	aquarius	3.0.069

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GHSA-68MR-3V5H-4P22

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-03 18:30 – Updated: 2025-12-05 21:30

Details

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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