HexBrain

U.S. Dept Of Defense · Report #1330455

DoD internal documents are leaked to the public

Validstatus
mediumseverity
29upvotes
15 Oct 2021disclosed

How it was found

Hello Team,

I found a zip file containing documents about DoD. From what I looked at are documents for new soldiers who are starting out, but I didn't just find these files but several others like advice, commander files, plans, certificates and others.

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In some of the files I found information such as name, surname, email, phone number and even signatures. Files like these shouldn't be exposed to the public.

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Here is a list of the folders and documents that exist inside this zip file (it's quite big):

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Impact

  • Anyone can download these files and leak them to the public
  • Plan something against a specific person for a crime

System Host(s)

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Affected Product(s) and Version(s)

CVE Numbers

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open in your browser the URL https://█████

  2. Look for the file called "████" and download it

  3. Extract the file and look at the documents

I found some certificates in the Formats folder, in the Welcome folder there is someone's phone number, command files are in the Commander Files folder.

Suggested Mitigation/Remediation Actions

  • Change the location of this zip file and the others
  • Block viewing of files in this folder

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