In SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server through 2018-09-10, the configuration file is world readable and writable, and stores user passwords in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to determine passwords for potentially privileged accounts. This also grants the attacker an ability to backdoor the server.
References
Link Resource
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/0 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-12-05T22:00:00

Updated: 2018-12-05T21:57:01

Reserved: 2018-09-10T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2018-16791

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-12-05T22:29:00.227

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223


Link: CVE-2018-16791

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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CWE