High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 24, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2024-36496
CVE-2024-36496
Description
The configuration file is encrypted with a static key derived from a static five-character password which allows an attacker to decrypt this file. The application hashes this five-character password with the outdated and broken MD5 algorithm (no salt) and uses the first five bytes as the key for RC4. The configuration file is then encrypted with these parameters.
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