CVE-2018-9233 describes a vulnerability in Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7 where an unsalted SHA-1 hash is used for password storage in the machine.xml configuration file. This weakness allows attackers to more easily determine cleartext passwords, potentially leading to unauthorized modification of malware settings. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this local vulnerability requires low privileges and complexity, but can result in high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:endpoint_protection:10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.