Kwik-Pay Kwik-Pay Payroll 4.2.20 User Database information disclosure ⚔ [Disputed]

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A vulnerability was found in Kwik-Pay Kwik-Pay Payroll 4.2.20. It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing of the component User Database. 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:

** DISPUTED ** Kwik-Pay Payroll 4.2.20, and possibly other versions, stores the KwikPay.mdb database file with insecure permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as employment and payment data. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this vulnerability, stating that "The kwikpay.mdb file supplied with kwikpay is a template for the database structure of user databases created by kwikpay and to store a demonstration payroll. It does not contain any sensitive user information. When a user payroll database is opened, the encryption of the database is checked and if the database is not encrypted, the user is prompted to encrypt the database, but the choice is the customers."

The weakness was shared 03/03/2006 by Yog and KeyShore (Website). The advisory is shared at osvdb.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1050 since 03/07/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.

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 (25114), OSVDB (23617†) and Secunia (SA19075†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: osvdb.org
Researcher: Yog, KeyShore
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-1050 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1050
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29049
X-Force: 25114 - Kwik-Pay Payroll insecure database file permissions
Secunia: 19075 - Kwik-Pay Payroll Exposure of Employment and Payment Information, Less Critical
OSVDB: 23617 - Kwik-Pay Payroll Payroll and Employment Information Disclosure

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

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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19 PM
Updated: 08/07/2024 08:04 PM
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 PM (52), 08/13/2018 07:09 AM (8), 08/07/2024 08:04 PM (16)
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