CVEs-PoC/2018/CVE-2018-18656.md

### [CVE-2018-18656](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18656)
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### Description

The PureVPN client before 6.1.0 for Windows stores Login Credentials (username and password) in cleartext. The location of such files is %PROGRAMDATA%\purevpn\config\login.conf. Additionally, all local users can read this file.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Credential-Leak-Flaws-in-Windows-PureVPN-Client/

#### Github
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/cve_server