Insecure storage of credentials in ActiveMQ Artemis

1) Cleartext storage of sensitive information

EUVDB-ID: #VU31797

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10727

CWE-ID: CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to passwords of application users.

The vulnerability exists due to ActiveMQ Artemis management API stores passwords in plaintext in the Artemis shadow file (etc/artemis-users.properties file) when executing the `resetUsers` operation. A local user can view contents of the Artemis shadow file and obtain passwords of application users.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ActiveMQ Artemis: 2.7.0 - 2.11.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:activemq_artemis:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:activemq_artemis:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:activemq_artemis:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1827200
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/ENTMQBR-3435

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.