# CVE-2019-5627: BlueCats Reveal iOS App Insecure Storage

> An attacker with physical access or a malicious app can retrieve clear-text credentials from the cache, leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Low 2.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 May 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j3x6-49hf-q3xq

## What is CVE-2019-5627?

CVE-2019-5627 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 iOS mobile application BlueCats Reveal before 5.14 stores the username and password in the app cache as base64 encoded strings, i.e. clear text. These persist in the cache even if the user logs out. This can allow an attacker to compromise the affected BlueCats network implementation. The attacker would first need to gain physical control of the iOS device or compromise it with a malicious app.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), CWE-922 (Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5627?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bluecats Bc Reveal.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-5627?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5627 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-5627 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5627 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5627 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-5627 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5627 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: BlueCats Reveal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5627/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5627/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5627
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5627
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5627

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