BankingApplication · Basware

CVE-2015-0943

MEDIUM · 5.8 CVSS v2.0 Published 2015-08-31
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 8.90.07 or later.
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67/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Basware Banking (Maksuliikenne) before 9.10.0.0 does not encrypt communication between the client and the backend server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain encryption keys, user credentials, and other sensitive information by sniffing the network or modify this traffic by inserting packets into the client-server data stream.

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 · high confidence

Basware Banking (Maksuliikenne) versions prior to 9.10.0.0 transmit sensitive data including user credentials and encryption keys over unencrypted HTTP connections. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to passively sniff network traffic to capture credentials/keys or actively inject malicious packets into the client-server data stream.

MitigationUpgrade to Basware Banking version 9.10.0.0 or later which implements encrypted communication. If immediate upgrade is not possible, ensure network-level protections such as VPN tunnels are enforced for all client-server communications.

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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
BankingApplication
Affected:<= 8.90.07

CVSS 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
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify Basware Banking version
    Open the Basware Banking application and navigate to Help > About or check the program entry in Add/Remove Programs to determine the exact installed version number
    Affected if version displayed is 8.90.07 or earlier (any version <= 8.90.07)
  2. Inspect network traffic configuration
    Within Basware Banking settings, locate the server connection or banking integration settings panel to identify whether HTTP or HTTPS is selected for communicating with the banking server
    Affected if the connection is configured to use unencrypted HTTP (port 80) rather than encrypted HTTPS (port 443)
  3. Verify protocol in connection logs
    Check Basware Banking application logs or transaction history files for connection strings or server URLs; look for http:// versus https:// prefixes in the server addresses
    Affected if server URLs in logs or configuration show http:// rather than https://
  4. Confirm sensitive data transmission method
    Use network monitoring tools (such as Wireshark or netstat) to observe outbound connections from the Basware Banking host while the application communicates with the banking server
    Affected if plaintext HTTP traffic containing credentials or encryption keys is observed leaving the client machine

You are affected if Basware Banking version is 8.90.07 or earlier AND the application communicates with the server over unencrypted HTTP instead of HTTPS.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 8.90.07
Interim mitigation

Upgrade to Basware Banking version 9.10.0.0 or later which implements encrypted communication. If immediate upgrade is not possible, ensure network-level protections such as VPN tunnels are enforced for all client-server communications.

Fix this in Banking Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation8.0 h
  • Implementation16.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
36.0 hours of engineering $6,400
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