CVE-2016-10102 Weak cryptography in n/a

High 8.1 Published Updated

Weak encryption in Automize allows attackers to decrypt stored SSH and SFTP passwords from local files, exposing sensitive credentials.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2016-10102?

CVE-2016-10102 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

hitek.jar in Hitek Software's Automize uses weak encryption when encrypting SSH/SFTP and Encryption profile passwords. This allows an attacker to retrieve the encrypted passwords from sshProfiles.jsd and encryptionProfiles.jsd and decrypt them to recover cleartext passwords. All 10.x up to and including 10.25 and all 11.x up to and including 11.14 are verified to be affected.

Weakness: CWE-326

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10102?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hiteksoftware Automize.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10102?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10102 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-10102 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10102 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fcqh-qv75-jmrg.

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