word 1.6.81 Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in word 1.6.81. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

thepoolclub (1) ipool and (2) isnooker 1.6.81 and earlier stores usernames and passwords in cleartext in the mydetails.txt file which allows local users to gain privileges.

The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2005 by kozan (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0823 since 03/20/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Kozan in ANSI C and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 (19717) and Exploit-DB (884). The entry 82365 is pretty similar.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Kozan
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07/22/2017 +865 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: kozan
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0823 (🔍)
X-Force: 19717 - iPool MyDetails.txt file plaintext password
SecurityTracker: 1013458 - iPool Discloses Passwords to Local Users
SecurityFocus: 12830 - ThePoolClub IPool/ISnooker Insecure Local Credential Storage Vulnerability
Secunia: 14629 - iPool / iSnooker Sensitive Information Disclosure, Less Critical
OSVDB: 14838 - iSnooker MyDetails.txt Local Password Disclosure

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

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/22/2017 10:14
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (59), 07/22/2017 10:14 (13)
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