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U.S. Dept Of Defense · Report #877598

PII/PHI data available on web https://████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings

Validstatus
highseverity
11upvotes
25 Jun 2020disclosed

How it was found

Summary: https://███Portals/22/Documents/Meetings contains many internal documents which likely were reviewed on meeting/meetings preparations which should not be available for public but searchable via google/bing. Documents include: resumes, bio data form, emails (including history of medical conditions), mails, letters. PII/PHI exposed: name, emails, phones, medical history/condition.

Description: https://███████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings contains many internal documents which likely were reviewed on meeting/meetings preparations which should not be available for public but searchable via google/bing. Documents include: resumes, bio data form, emails (including history of medical conditions), mails. PII exposed: name, emails, phones, medical history/condition. Here you can see some examples:

  • Detailed resume: https://█████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m14/█████████.pdf
  • long email thread including official letters (name, email, medical conditions, phone): https://█████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m18/████████.pdf
  • Internal emails (names, emails, phones): https://██████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m11/██████████.pdf
  • email (name, email, medical conditions, phone): https://██████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m11/█████████.pdf
  • email (name, email, medical conditions, phone): https://█████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m19/██████████.pdf
  • an attorney email (name, email, medical conditions): https://████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m13/█████████.pdf
  • letter (name, medical condition): https://█████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m17/████.pdf
  • email/letter with medical condition: https://████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m18/██████████.pdf
  • statement: https://████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m19/█████.pdf
  • memorandum: https://███████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m11/██████████.pdf
  • biographic data form: https://██████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m18/██████████.pdf
  • biographic data form: https://█████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m19/███████.pdf

Also here I've found many biographies of medical officers with different level of details. Some of them are very detailed.

Impact

High or Critical. Because of PII/PHI exposed: name, emails, phones, medical history/condition.

Step-by-step Reproduction Instructions

  • Perform a search on Bing: site: ███ AND "https://██████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/"
  • OR navigate to the provided links:
    • Detailed resume: https://███████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m14/█████.pdf
    • long email thread including official letters (name, email, medical conditions, phone): https://███Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m18/█████.pdf
    • Internal emails (names, emails, phones): https://███████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m11/██████.pdf
    • email (name, email, medical conditions, phone): https://████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m11/███████.pdf
    • email (name, email, medical conditions, phone): https://█████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m19/███.pdf
    • an attorney email (name, email, medical conditions): https://██████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m13/███████.pdf
    • letter (name, medical condition): https://██████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m17/████.pdf
    • email/letter with medical condition: https://█████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m18/███.pdf
    • statement: https://████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m19/██████████.pdf
    • memorandum: https://█████████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m11/██████.pdf
    • biographic data form: https://██████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m18/██████.pdf
    • biographic data form: https://███████Portals/22/Documents/Meetings/m19/█████████.pdf

Product, Version, and Configuration (If applicable)

N/A

Suggested Mitigation/Remediation Actions

Remove thee files or restrict access to them. Other files in the folders should be evaluated.

Impact

High or Critical. Because of PII/PHI exposed: name, emails, phones, medical history/condition.

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