Palm Desktop Software up to 4.1.4 File information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Palm Desktop Software up to 4.1.4. It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing of the component File Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Palm Desktop 4.1.4 and earlier stores user data with weak permissions under the application directory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (address books, calendar files, and todo lists of other users) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

The weakness was published 12/01/2006 by Richard Amacker (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-6286 since 12/04/2006. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. 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 T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as highly functional.

The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (30657).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Highly functional

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Richard Amacker
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-6286 (🔍)
X-Force: 30657 - Palm Desktop files insecure permission, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 21382 - Palm Desktop Application Directory Local Insecure Permissions Vulnerability
Secunia: 23072 - Palm Desktop Software Insecure Permissions, Less Critical
OSVDB: 31711 - Palm Desktop User Data Permission Weakness Local Disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2006-4803

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

Entryinfo

Created: 12/04/2006 09:40
Updated: 04/22/2018 13:10
Changes: 12/04/2006 09:40 (65), 04/22/2018 13:10 (7)
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