chat anywhere 2.72a ini information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in chat anywhere 2.72a (Chat Software). This affects an unknown part of the file ini. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

chat anywhere 2.72a stores sensitive information such as passwords in plaintext in the .ini file for a chatroom which allows local users to gain privileges.

The weakness was shared 05/02/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0522 since 02/23/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 Exploit-DB (837).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/23/2005 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3599 days 🔍
07/22/2017 +865 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0522 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1013270 - Chat Anywhere Discloses Passwords to Local Users
Secunia: 14385 - Chat Anywhere User Credentials Disclosure, Less Critical
OSVDB: 14087 - Chat Anywhere User Credential Local Disclosure

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/22/2017 10:27
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (48), 07/22/2017 10:27 (14)
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