CWE Code: 312
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.0
CWE Name:  Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Summary: 389-ds-base before versions 1.3.8.5, 1.4.0.12 is vulnerable to a cleartext storage of sensitive information. by default, when the replica and/or retrochangelog plugins are enabled, 389-ds-base stores passwords in plaintext format in their respective changelog files. an attacker with sufficiently high privileges, such as root or directory manager, can query these files in order to retrieve plaintext passwords.
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/NONE/NONE
Published Date: 2018-07-18
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-09