CVE-2015-2864

Retrospect vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

3.3%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

Retrospect and Retrospect Client before 10.0.2.119 on Windows, before 12.0.2.116 on OS X, and before 10.0.2.104 on Linux improperly generate password hashes, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain access to backup files by leveraging a collision.

Affected vendor

Retrospect

Affected product

Retrospect

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-255

Published

2015-09-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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