Security Vulnerabilities

Cisco Duo Authentication for Windows Logon and RDP Information Disclosure Vulnerability [CVE-2024-20292]

CVE number = CVE-2024-20292

A vulnerability in the logging component of Cisco Duo Authentication for Windows Logon and RDP could allow an authenticated, local attacker to view sensitive information in clear text on an affected system.

At the time of publication, this vulnerability affected Cisco Duo Authentication for Windows Logon and RDP.

This vulnerability is due to improper storage of an unencrypted registry key in certain logs.

The exposed registry key could be collected by malicious users. Cisco Duo recommends upgrading to the fixed release and then rotating the registry key on affected devices. For details on how to complete this task, see How to reset my Duo Authentication for Windows Logon and RDP secret key without getting locked out?

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the logs on an affected system.

A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view sensitive information in clear text.

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.

There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

This advisory is available at the following link:
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-duo-infodisc-rLCEqm6T

Luke Simmonds

Blogger at www.systemtek.co.uk

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