CVE-2016-2308 describes a critical vulnerability in American Auto-Matrix Aspect-Nexus and Aspect-Matrix Building Automation Front-End Solutions applications prior to version 3.0.0, where passwords are stored in cleartext. This allows remote attackers to easily obtain sensitive information by reading a file. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.6 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality, low integrity, and low availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:american_auto-matrix:aspect-matrix_building_automation_front-end_solutions_application:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:american_auto-matrix:aspect-nexus_building_automation_front-end_solutions_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.