CERT-In Vulnerability Note
CIVN-2024-0080
Information Disclosure Vulnerability in CDAC USB Pratirodh
Original Issue Date:March 04, 2024
Severity Rating: HIGH
Software Affected
- USB Pratirodh version 3.1.2 and prior
Overview
A vulnerability has been reported in USB Pratirodh which could allow a local attacker to take control of the application and modify the access control of registered users or devices on the targeted system.
Description
This vulnerability exists in USB Pratirodh due to the usage of a weaker cryptographic algorithm (hash) SHA1 in user login component. A local attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the password of USB Pratirodh on the targeted system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to take control of the application and modify the access control of registered users or devices on the targeted system.
Credit
This vulnerability is reported by Prajyot Chemburkar from Payatu Security Consulting Pvt. Ltd. India.
Solution
Upgrade to USB Pratirodh version 3.1.3 or later.
Vendor Information
CDAC-Hyderabad
https://cdac.in/index.aspx?id=cs_eps_usb_pra
References
CDAC-Hyderabad
https://cdac.in/index.aspx?id=cs_eps_usb_pra
CVE Name
CVE-2024-1224
Disclaimer
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Contact Information
Email: info@cert-in.org.in Phone: +91-11-22902657
Postal address
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Government of India
Electronics Niketan
6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi - 110 003
India
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