CVE-2017-6528
An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is affected by plaintext password...
CVE-2017-6528 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Dnatools Dnalims, published March 9, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.44%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is affected by plaintext password storage (the /home/dna/spool/.pfile file).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is affected by plaintext password storage (the /home/dna/spool/.pfile file).
- Record
CVE-2017-6528- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is affected by plaintext password storage (the /home/dna/spool/.pfile file).
- Record
CVE-2017-6528- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15584 No score
An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is affected by plaintext password storage (the /home/dna/spool/.pfile file).
- Record
EUVD-2017-15584- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rx8c-cpf4-4hhq
An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is affected by plaintext password...
An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is affected by plaintext password storage (the /home/dna/spool/.pfile file).
- Record
GHSA-rx8c-cpf4-4hhq- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | dnaLIMS DNA Sequencing - Directory Traversal / Session Hijacking / Cross-Site Scripting | 2017-03-10 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |