CVE-2019-0181
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 · uneditedInsufficient password protection in the attestation database for Open CIT may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
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 confidenceOpen CIT (Open Cloud Integrity Technology) contains an attestation database with insufficient password protection. An authenticated user with local access to the system can exploit weak or missing password controls on the database to potentially disclose sensitive information stored within.
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 versionsall versionsCVSS 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
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 Open CIT or Openattestation installationLook for Open CIT or Openattestation software on the system. Check common installation directories or use package management tools to list installed software matching these names.Affected if The software is installed and running an attestation database service.
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Locate the attestation database fileSearch for database files associated with Open CIT/Openattestation. Check configuration files for database path references, typically SQLite or similar embedded databases used for attestation data storage.Affected if An attestation database file exists and is accessible.
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Verify database authentication is enabledInspect the database configuration or connection settings to determine if authentication is required. Look for configuration files that specify database credentials, authentication methods, or connection parameters.Affected if No password or authentication is required to access the database, or weak credentials are configured.
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Check database file permissionsReview file system permissions on the attestation database file and its directory. Verify which system users have read or write access to the database file.Affected if Permissions allow unauthorized local users to read the database file directly.
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Inspect database for sensitive stored credentialsIf accessible, examine the database schema and stored data for plaintext passwords, weak password hashes, or missing password protection fields.Affected if Passwords are stored without proper hashing, with weak encryption, or not at all.
A user is affected if Open CIT or Openattestation is running with an attestation database that lacks strong password protection or allows unauthorized local access to sensitive attestation data.
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 dataImplement strong password protection for the attestation database, including enforcing strong passwords, proper hashing with salt, and restricting database access permissions to only necessary authenticated users.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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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-2019-0181 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
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