Backup Manager up to 0.6.1 cryptographic issues

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A vulnerability was found in Backup Manager up to 0.6.1 (Backup Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

backup-manager-upload in Backup Manager before 0.6.3 provides the FTP server hostname, username, and password as plaintext command line arguments during FTP uploads, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process and its arguments, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2766.

The bug was discovered 08/24/2007. The weakness was shared 08/30/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www2.backup-manager.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-4656 since 09/04/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31589 (Debian DSA-1518-1 : backup-manager - programming error), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.6.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 8 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36391) and Tenable (31589). The entries VDB-25738, VDB-25739, VDB-26165 and VDB-26166 are related to this item.

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Class: Cryptographic issues
CWE: CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 31589
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1518-1 : backup-manager - programming error
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OpenVAS ID: 60570
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1518-1 (backup-manager)
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Upgrade: Backup Manager 0.6.2

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: www2.backup-manager.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4656 (🔍)
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X-Force: 36391
SecurityTracker: 1018639
Vulnerability Center: 18014 - Backup Manager Vulnerability Allows Local Disclosure of Hostnames, Usernames and Passwords, Low
SecurityFocus: 25503 - Backup Manager FTP Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 26657 - Backup Manager Information Disclosure Security Issue, Less Critical
OSVDB: 37444 - Backup Manager FTP Upload Password Disclosure

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Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 08/07/2019 17:51
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (86), 08/07/2019 17:51 (2)
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