Dameware Development Dameware NT Utilities up to 4.9 cleartext storage

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A vulnerability was found in Dameware Development Dameware NT Utilities up to 4.9 (Remote Access Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The DNTUS26 process in Dameware NT Utilities and the DWRCS process in MiniRemote Control 4.9 and earlier stores the username and password in cleartext in memory, which could allow attackers to obtain sensitive information.

The bug was discovered 04/15/2005. The weakness was released 04/05/2005 by Jordi Corrales with Shell (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at shellsec.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1166 since 04/18/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After 2 weeks, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18117 (DameWare NT Utilities Authentication Credentials Persistence Weakness), 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.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20140) and Tenable (18117). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 24843.

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Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 18117
Nessus Name: DameWare NT Utilities Authentication Credentials Persistence Weakness
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Recommended: Authentication
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: shellsec.net
Researcher: Jordi Corrales
Organization: Shell
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1166 (🔍)
X-Force: 20140
SecurityTracker: 1013725
Vulnerability Center: 7663 - DameWare Development NT Utilities 3.0, 4.8, 4.9 Allows Obtaining Sensitive Information, Low
SecurityFocus: 13200 - DameWare NT Utilities Authentication Credentials Persistence Weakness
Secunia: 14829 - DameWare NT Utilities / Mini Remote Control Privilege Escalation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 15275 - DameWare NT Utilities DNTUS26 Process Password Disclosure

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

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 05/31/2019 16:42
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (81), 05/31/2019 16:42 (1)
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