CVE-2018-15781 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2018-15781

DSA-2019-022: Dell Wyse Password Encoder Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

The Dell Wyse Password Encoder in ThinLinux2 versions prior to 2.1.0.01 contain a Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker could reverse engineer the cryptographic system used in the Dell Wyse Password Encoder to discover the hard coded private key and decrypt locally stored cipher text.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Dell would like to thank Andrew Tierney at Pen Test Partners for reporting this vulnerability.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Wyse Password Encoder
Vulnerable Versions:
ThinLinux2

Timeline

Official Publish: February 13th, 2019
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.