NCH Quorum v2.03 and earlier allows local users to discover cleartext login information relating to users by reading the local .dat configu…

published 2021-07-25 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-24017

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits: 0; none known

NCH Quorum v2.03 and earlier allows local users to discover cleartext login information relating to users by reading the local .dat configuration files.

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Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/0xfml/poc/blob/main/NCH/Quorum_2.03_CC.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

github.com /0xfml/poc/blob/main/NCH/Quorum_2.03_CC.md
exploit, third-party-advisory
nch.com.au /conference/index.html
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-37452
NVD CVE-2021-37452

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