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5.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Farm9 Cryptcat 1.10. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Server Mode. The manipulation of the argument -e
with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
Farm9 Cryptcat, when started in server mode with the -e option, does not enable encryption, which allows clients to communicate without encryption despite intended configuration, and may allow remote attackers to sniff sensitive information.
The weakness was presented 12/31/2002 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1653 since 03/29/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
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 vulnerability database at X-Force (10618).
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: Missing encryptionCWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/11/2001 🔍12/31/2002 🔍
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08/04/2014 🔍
06/09/2018 🔍
Sources
Advisory: kb.cert.orgStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2002-1653 (🔍)
X-Force: 10618 - Cryptcat -e option fails to encrypt network connections
SecurityFocus: 8431
Entry
Created: 08/04/2014 11:39Updated: 06/09/2018 11:03
Changes: 08/04/2014 11:39 (48), 06/09/2018 11:03 (6)
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