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A vulnerability has been found in ACLogic CesarFTP 0.98b and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file settings.ini. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
CesarFTP 0.98b and earlier stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in the settings.ini file, which allows attackers to gain privileges.
The weakness was shared 05/28/2001 by ByteRage (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-1336. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
By approaching the search of inurl:settings.ini it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11640 (CesarFTP settings.ini Authentication Credential Plaintext Disclosure), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6608) and Tenable (11640). The entry 20504 is related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Cleartext storageCWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 11640
Nessus Name: CesarFTP settings.ini Authentication Credential Plaintext Disclosure
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Timeline
05/27/2001 🔍05/28/2001 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comResearcher: ByteRage
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-1336 (🔍)
X-Force: 6608
Vulnerability Center: 1498 - CesarFTP Server Discloses FTP User Names and Passwords, Medium
SecurityFocus: 2785 - CesarFTP Plaintext Password Storage Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 07/04/2014 11:19Updated: 05/10/2019 20:57
Changes: 07/04/2014 11:19 (63), 05/10/2019 20:57 (3)
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