CVE-2007-6096
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIngate Firewall before 4.6.0 and SIParator before 4.6.0 use cleartext storage for passwords of "administrators with less privileges," which might allow attackers to read these passwords via unknown vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIngate Firewall and SIParator before version 4.6.0 store passwords for lower-privilege administrators in cleartext, allowing attackers to read these passwords through unknown vectors. This is an information disclosure vulnerability involving improper credential storage.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 4.5.2<= 4.5.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed product and versionAccess the Ingate Firewall or SIParator administrative interface or CLI and retrieve the system version information. This is typically found in System > Status, System > Information, or via command line with a version or show version command.Affected if The product is Ingate Firewall or SIParator and the version is 4.5.2 or earlier (any version up to and including 4.5.2).
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Locate administrator account configurationNavigate to the administrative user management section of the product interface (typically under User Management, Administrators, or Accounts in the web UI). Review the configuration for any administrative or limited-privilege user accounts.Affected if Administrative accounts exist in the system configuration, particularly lower-privilege administrator accounts.
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Inspect password storage mechanismIf you have access to the underlying file system, backup configuration, or database where user credentials are stored, examine how passwords are stored for the administrator accounts. Look for any configuration files, user database files, or backup files that may contain credential data.Affected if Passwords for any administrator accounts (especially lower-privilege admins) are stored in cleartext rather than being hashed or encrypted.
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Check for configuration backup filesLocate any configuration backup files, export files, or system dumps that may contain user account information. These are sometimes stored in the /config, /backup, or similar directories on the appliance.Affected if A backup or export file contains cleartext passwords for user accounts.
Your environment is affected if you are running Ingate Firewall or SIParator version 4.5.2 or earlier and you have administrative accounts configured, as the cleartext password storage vulnerability applies to all such installations within this version range.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Ingate Firewall and SIParator to version 4.6.0 or later to obtain the fix for cleartext password storage. Verify all administrative accounts use properly hashed passwords after the upgrade.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2007-6096 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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