HexBrain

U.S. Dept Of Defense · Report #893970

Sensitive information about a ██████

Validstatus
highseverity
15upvotes
21 Sept 2020disclosed

How it was found

Summary: https://████████/ is an U.S. Government (USG) Information System (IS) that is provided for USG-authorized use only.Due to some reason a document which contains the information about a special ███ for the ████ █████ which possibly is ███████or █████.The pdf file is located at https://██████/spi/█████████.pdf and also contains some drawings for the packaging of the machine.

To confirm that it indeed was a confidential document it was found that a basic search related to this pdf returns a meta info containing a label about criminal penalties for foreign export:

"WARNING – This document contains technical data whose export is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Sec 2751 et seq.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979, (Title 50, U.S.C., App. 2401 et seq.), as amended. Violations of these export laws are subject to severe criminal penalties. Disseminate in accordance with provisions of DoD Directive 5230.25."

To confirm that the file is not just another special ██████████ it was discovered that the SPI number is not labeled at https://███/████████/spi?OpenPage&TableRow=2.1.1#2.1.

Step-by-step Reproduction Instructions

1.Open any browser of your choice 2.Head over to https://███████/spi/███████.pdf 3.Observe the content listed in the pdf and analyse the products mentioned in there

Product, Version, and Configuration (If applicable)

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Suggested Mitigation/Remediation Actions

Removal of such documents or introduction of certain authentication mechanisms would be ideal.

Impact

This exposes highly sensitive information about not just the packaging info but also the designs mentioned. Any person can access this document and cause information leakage.

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