CVE-2025-65841
MediumCVSS 6.2Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk9th percentile - higher than 9% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability in Aquarius Desktop 3.0.069 for macOS stores user authentication credentials in a local file using a weak obfuscation scheme. The password is 'encrypted' through predictable byte-substitution that can be trivially reversed, allowing immediate recovery of the plaintext value.
Risk Assessment
An attacker who can read the settings file can fully compromise the victim's Aquarius account by importing the stolen configuration into their own client or logging in through the vendor website. This results in complete account takeover, unauthorized access to cloud-synchronized data, and the ability to perform authenticated actions as the user.
Recommendation
Immediately update Aquarius Desktop to the latest version that addresses this vulnerability. Until the update is applied, restrict access to the configuration file and enforce strong multi-factor authentication.
Original NVD description (English source)
Aquarius Desktop 3.0.069 for macOS stores user authentication credentials in the local file ~/Library/Application Support/Aquarius/aquarius.settings using a weak obfuscation scheme. The password is "encrypted" through predictable byte-substitution that can be trivially reversed, allowing immediate recovery of the plaintext value. Any attacker who can read this settings file can fully compromise the victim's Aquarius account by importing the stolen configuration into their own client or login through the vendor website. This results in complete account takeover, unauthorized access to cloud-synchronized data, and the ability to perform authenticated actions as the user.