CVE-2016-2308
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 · uneditedAmerican Auto-Matrix Aspect-Nexus Building Automation Front-End Solutions application before 3.0.0 and Aspect-Matrix Building Automation Front-End Solutions application store passwords in cleartext, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading a file.
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 American Auto-Matrix Aspect-Nexus and Aspect-Matrix Building Automation Front-End Solutions applications versions before 3.0.0 store user passwords in cleartext within a configuration or data file. An attacker who gains access to this file (through file system access, backup exposure, or other file read vectors) can retrieve plaintext passwords and use them for lateral movement or privilege escalation.
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 dataall versions<= 2.0CVSS 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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
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 installed Aspect productLocate American Auto-Matrix Aspect-Nexus or Aspect-Matrix Building Automation Front-End Solutions installation on the system. Check program directories or application inventory for these specific product names.Affected if Either Aspect-Nexus version 2.0 or earlier, or any version of Aspect-Matrix is present.
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Determine product versionAccess the application's about, help, or system information section to view the installed version number. Compare against the affected range: Aspect-Nexus <= 2.0, Aspect-Matrix all versions.Affected if Version is 2.0 or lower for Aspect-Nexus, or any version number for Aspect-Matrix.
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Locate configuration and data filesSearch the application installation directory and associated data folders for configuration files, XML files, INI files, database files, or other data storage files used by the application.Affected if Configuration or data files exist in the application directory or data folder.
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Inspect files for password storageOpen and examine configuration or data files for patterns matching username and password pairs. Look for fields labeled password, passwd, pwd, or similar, and check whether the value appears in plaintext rather than encrypted or hashed.Affected if Passwords are stored in plaintext (readable text) within any configuration or data file.
You are affected if American Auto-Matrix Aspect-Nexus (version 2.0 or earlier) or Aspect-Matrix (any version) is installed and configuration or data files contain plaintext passwords.
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 to Aspect-Nexus/Aspect-Matrix version 3.0.0 or later, which addresses the cleartext storage. If immediate upgrade is not feasible, identify and encrypt the password storage file and implement compensating network controls to limit file access.
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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-2016-2308 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.
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- 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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