VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-16791

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability1.54%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-12-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server through 2018-09-10, the configuration file is world readable and writable, and stores user passwords in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to determine passwords for potentially privileged accounts. This also grants the attacker an ability to backdoor the server.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Primary references