{"id":"CVE-2022-0652","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-0652","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:51:35.376Z","title":"Confd log files contain local users', including root’s, SHA512crypt password hashes with insecure access permissions.","description":"Confd log files contain local users', including root’s, SHA512crypt password hashes with insecure access permissions. This allows a local attacker to attempt off-line brute-force attacks against these password hashes in Sophos UTM before version 9.710.","published":"2022-03-22T00:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:21:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-alert@sophos.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-532","CWE-732"],"affected":["sophos/unified threat management"],"epss":{"score":0.00193,"percentile":0.08883,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220321-utm-9710","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-alert@sophos.com"},{"url":"https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220321-utm-9710","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0652","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}