Hardcoded credentials

2022-12-0600:15:00

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mobaxterm

sftp

denial of service

hardcoded credentials

fail2ban

nvd

9.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

59.3%

JSON

When aborting a SFTP connection, MobaXterm before v22.1 sends a hardcoded password to the server. The server treats this as an invalid login attempt which can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the user if services like fail2ban are used.

CPENameOperatorVersion
mobaxtermle22.2

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
	mobaxterm	le	22.2

References

docs.ssh-mitm.at/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-38337.html

mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html