CVE-2017-9978

MEDIUM

Osnexus Quantastor < 4.3.0 - Information Disclosure

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

On the OSNEXUS QuantaStor v4 virtual appliance before 4.3.1, a flaw was found with the error message sent as a response for users that don't exist on the system. An attacker could leverage this information to fine-tune and enumerate valid accounts on the system by searching for common usernames.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by VVVSecurity · textwebappsxml
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42517

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed x_refsource_misc
http://www.vvvsecurity.com/advisories/vvvsecurity-advisory-2017-6943.txt
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42517/
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/23

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.1642
EPSS Percentile 94.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (1)
osnexus/quantastor < 4.3.0
Published Aug 28, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026