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U.S. Dept Of Defense · Report #2926447

Public google drive link Exposes Military Orders Containing PII (Name, SSN etc..) and Operational Details

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24 Jan 2025disclosed

How it was found

Description: I found google drive link https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/█████████ at https://████████.aspx?Mode=ReadOnly&Id=90dd0d3b-0ed1-e76b-128f-11ebc799ba55 contains pdfs at '/████ Internal/Orders' that discloses the following PII:

Full Name: ███████ Social Security Number (SSN): ███████ Home Address: ████, ██████ Marital Status: Married, 3 dependents (M03 in January 2021 orders; S00 in earlier orders) Security Clearance Level: ███

How to reproduce

  1. Navigate to https://██████.aspx?Mode=ReadOnly&Id=90dd0d3b-0ed1-e76b-128f-11ebc799ba55.
  2. Below the page you will find https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/█████████.
  3. Go to https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/███████.
  4. Open folder named ███████ Internal. 5.Navigate to folder named Orders.
  5. You will find the pdfs that discloses PII data as shown below in screen shots.

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Impact

  1. Privacy Violation: Exposes PII of personnel, violating privacy laws such as the U.S. Privacy Act of 1974.
  2. Identity Theft and Fraud: Information like SSNs and home addresses can be used for malicious purposes.

System Host(s)

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Affected Product(s) and Version(s)

https://█████████.aspx?Mode=ReadOnly&Id=90dd0d3b-0ed1-e76b-128f-11ebc799ba55

CVE Numbers

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Navigate to https://██████.aspx?Mode=ReadOnly&Id=90dd0d3b-0ed1-e76b-128f-11ebc799ba55.
  2. Below the page you will find https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/█████.
  3. Go to https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/███.
  4. Open folder named ███ Internal. 5.Navigate to folder named Orders.
  5. You will find the pdfs that discloses PII data as shown below in screen shots.

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Suggested Mitigation/Remediation Actions

Remove the folder or make it private at least

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