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CVE-2023-29145NVD status: Modified

Endpoint Detection And Response: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

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CVE-2023-29145 is a high-severity weak password recovery mechanism for forgotten password vulnerability in Endpoint Detection And Response from Malwarebytes, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 out of 10. It can be exploited with local access to the system by an attacker with a low-privileged account, without any action from a user. Affected Endpoint Detection And Response versions: 1.0.11 and earlier. The record does not name a fixed version, so check the vendor advisory. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.

Next patch cycle

High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.

What to do

  1. Check which version of Endpoint Detection And Response you run against the affected versions below, and install the vendor's latest release.
  2. Read the advisory on malwarebytes.com for workarounds and exact fixed builds.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed in
MalwarebytesEndpoint Detection And Response1.0.11 and earlierNot stated
MalwarebytesMalwarebytes1.0.14 and earlierNot stated

Version data comes from NVD's product matching. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.

How the severity score breaks down

Attack vector
LocalThe attacker needs local access or must trick a user into running something.
Attack complexity
LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
Privileges required
LowA basic user account is enough.
User interaction
NoneNo action by a victim is required.
Scope
UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality
HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
Integrity
HighData or code can be modified at will.
Availability
HighThe component can be taken down completely.

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by NVD.

Official description

The Malwarebytes EDR 1.0.11 for Linux driver doesn't properly ensure whitelisting of executable libraries loaded by executable files, allowing arbitrary code execution. The attacker can set LD_LIBRARY_PATH, set LD_PRELOAD, or run an executable file in a debugger.

Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.

The underlying weakness: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

The product contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak.

How developers prevent this class of flaw

  • Make sure that all input supplied by the user to the password recovery mechanism is thoroughly filtered and validated.
  • Do not use standard weak security questions and use several security questions.
  • Make sure that there is throttling on the number of incorrect answers to a security question. Disable the password recovery functionality after a certain (small) number of incorrect guesses.

More Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerabilities (CWE-640)

Timeline

  1. CVE record published.
  2. CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
  3. Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).

References

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