True North Internet Anywhere Mail Server 2.3.1 Password msgboxes.dbf cleartext storage

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in True North Internet Anywhere Mail Server 2.3.1 (Mail Server Software). This affects some unknown functionality of the file msgboxes.dbf of the component Password Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Internet Anywhere Mail Server 2.3.1 stores passwords in plaintext in the msgboxes.dbf file, which could allow local users to gain privileges by extracting the passwords from msgboxes.dbf.

The weakness was disclosed 10/01/1999 by Arne Vidstrom (Website). The advisory is shared at ntbugtraq.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1236. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1555 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (3285). The entries 14879 and 14878 are pretty similar.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
ATT&CK: T1555

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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06/21/2014 +5377 days 🔍
04/04/2019 +1748 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ntbugtraq.com
Researcher: Arne Vidstrom
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1236 (🔍)
X-Force: 3285 - Internet Anywhere Mail Server stores passwords in plaintext
SecurityFocus: 731 - Internet Anywhere Mail Server Plaintext Passwords Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2014 01:43
Updated: 04/04/2019 19:04
Changes: 06/22/2014 01:43 (42), 04/04/2019 19:04 (16)
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