SMC authentication bruteforce

Advisory ID CVE Number Date discovered Severity Advisory revision
STORM-2019-022 05/09/2019 high v2

Vulnerability details

An attacker can log in trying quickly large amount of passwords.

Impacted products

ProductsSeverityDetail
Stormshield Network Security high fixed

Revisions

Version Date Description
v1 Initial release
v2 2019-11-22 Improve analysis presentation


Stormshield Network Security

CVSS v2 Overall Score: 8.3      

Analysis

Impacted version

Each failed login triggers a log emission with message “Authentication failed. Invalid credentials” and level “warning”.

  • SMC 1.0.0 to 2.6.1

Workaround solution

Solution

Use unpredictable passwords.

The 2.6.2 update will fix this vulnerability.



Access vector Access complexity Authentication Confidentiality impact Integrity impact Availability impact
Network Medium None Complete Partial Partial
CVSS Base score: 8.3 CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Remediation Level Report Confidence
High Official fix Confirmed
CVSS Temporal score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)
Collateral Damage Potential Target Distribution
Medium-High High [76-100%]
CVSS Environmental score: 8.3 CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C/CDP:MH/TD:H/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND)