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U.S. Dept Of Defense · Report #693943

SSN leak due to editable slides

Validstatus
criticalseverity
14upvotes
14 May 2020disclosed

How it was found

Summary: A presentation slide contains a screenshot of a records brief which contains an SSN Description: The slides try to redact the PII of the records with a blue block but we can remove it by editing the slides to remove the offending blue block

Impact

Critical

Step-by-step Reproduction Instructions

We can see an officer record brief, but the area with the SSN is blocked. We can make a copy of the file and edit it to remove the blue block thus allowing us to see the SSN https://█████████/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/███████ Slide 84 ███████ █████████

Product, Version, and Configuration (If applicable)

N/A

Suggested Mitigation/Remediation Actions

Purge Doc

Impact

Identity theft

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