Advisory Details

September 5th, 2019

Red Lion Crimson Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Information Disclosure Vulnerability

ZDI-19-785
ZDI-CAN-8188

CVE ID CVE-2019-10990
CVSS SCORE 6.5, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS Red Lion
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Crimson
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Red Lion Crimson. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the CTextStreamMemory class. The class contains hard-coded secrets in clear text. An attacker can leverage this to decrypt user passwords.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Red Lion has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://support.redlion.net/hc/en-us/articles/360033077531
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2019-02-28 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2019-09-05 - Coordinated public release of advisory
  • 2021-06-29 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT Michael DePlante, Anthony Fuller and Todd Manning of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative/Trend Micro Research
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