378 – Non-encrypted confidential information - Hexadecimal
Description
The confidential information is encoded in hexadecimal allowing an attacker to view it in plain text when decoding it.
Impact
Obtain confidential information by decoding hexadecimal.
Recommendation
Use secure encryption methods to encrypt any sensitive information.
Threat
An attacker from an adjacent network performing a sniffing attack.
Expected Remediation Time
Score 4.0
Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
- Attack vector: A
- Attack complexity: H
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: P
- Confidentiality (VC): L
- Integrity (VI): N
- Availability (VA): N
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: U