Vulnerability · Published Sep 9, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-36617
Medium 4.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)4.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Arq Backup 7.19.5.0 and below stores backup encryption passwords using reversible encryption. This issue allows attackers with administrative privileges to recover cleartext passwords.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://startrekdude.github.io/arqbackup.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.arqbackup.com/download/arqbackup/arq7windows_release_notes.html x_refsource_MISC