CVE-2019-5626 BlueCats Reveal Android App Insecure Storage
An attacker with physical access or a malicious app can read stored credentials from the BlueCats Reveal Android app, potentially compromising the network.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5626?
CVE-2019-5626 is a low-severity vulnerability in BlueCats Reveal, published on 22 May 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Android mobile application BlueCats Reveal before 3.0.19 stores the username and password in a clear text file. This file persists until the user logs out or the session times out from non-usage (30 days of no user activity). This can allow an attacker to compromise the affected BlueCats network implementation. The attacker would first need to gain physical control of the Android device or compromise it with a malicious app.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5626?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bluecats Bluecats Reveal.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5626?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5626 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5626 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5626 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w7p8-rgxr-jhj7.