CVE-2016-7060

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-01-10
CWE:
CWE-200
Bugzilla:
1379909: CVE-2016-7060 Red Hat QCI: qci exposes password in web UI when they should be masked
It was found that several password fields in QCI failed to properly mask the password while it was being entered. An attacker with physical access or the ability to view the screen would be able to see the passwords as they are being entered, allowing them to later access accounts and services protected by those passwords.

Find out more about CVE-2016-7060 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 4.9
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Physical
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
QCI Installer (tfm-rubygem-fusor_ui) RHSA-2017:0256 2017-02-06

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by QCI QE Team (Red Hat).

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