CVE-2015-8335
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 · uneditedHuawei VCN500 with software before V100R002C00SPC201 logs passwords in cleartext, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by triggering log generation and then reading the log.
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 confidenceThe Huawei VCN500 video surveillance cloud platform stores user passwords in cleartext within system logs. An authenticated remote attacker can trigger log generation and read the plaintext passwords from the resulting log files, allowing unauthorized access to user credentials.
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= v100r002c00spc200= v100r002c00spc200b010CVSS 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
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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 product modelAccess the device management interface or system information page and confirm the model is Huawei VCN500Affected if The device is not a Huawei VCN500 unit - this CVE does not apply to other products
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Check the installed firmware versionNavigate to the system settings or firmware management section of the VCN500 management interface and record the exact version stringAffected if The version matches v100r002c00spc200 or v100r002c00spc200b010 exactly
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Locate system log filesAccess the log management or diagnostics section of the VCN500 interface and retrieve recent log files; common paths include /var/log/ or logs/ directories accessible via FTP or the management portalAffected if Log files exist and are accessible by authenticated users
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Search logs for plaintext passwordsOpen the retrieved log files and search for password strings or credential-related patterns (e.g., 'password=', 'pwd=', or actual user credentials in plain text)Affected if Any log entry contains user passwords written in plaintext rather than hashed or masked format
A user is affected if they are running Huawei VCN500 firmware version v100r002c00spc200 or v100r002c00spc200b010 and their log files contain unreadable or plaintext password entries.
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 Huawei VCN500 firmware to version V100R002C00SPC201 or later to eliminate the cleartext password logging. Additionally, review existing logs for any exposed credentials and rotate affected passwords as a precautionary measure.
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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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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.
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