VDB-11539 · CVE-2013-7128 · OSVDB 101121

Valve Steam OS 2.10+bsos1 Bug Reporter .valve-bugreporter.cfg cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Valve Steam OS 2.10+bsos1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file .valve-bugreporter.cfg of the component Bug Reporter. This manipulation causes cryptographic issue. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-7128. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Valve Steam OS 2.10+bsos1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file .valve-bugreporter.cfg of the component Bug Reporter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Valve Bug Reporter in the valve-bugreporter package 2.10+bsos1 in Valve SteamOS Beta stores cleartext credentials in a .valve-bugreporter.cfg file upon a Remember Credentials action, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

The weakness was shared 12/14/2013 by ndob as Valve-bugreporter stores credentials in plain text as not defined posting (GIT Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at If user checks "Remember Credentials", when using Valve Bug Reporter tool, the tool stores credentials in plain text to a file called ~. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-7128 since 12/17/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

If user checks "Remember Credentials", when using Valve Bug Reporter tool, the tool stores credentials in plain text to a file called ~/.valve-bugreporter.cfg.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as functional.

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 vulnerability database at OSVDB (101121†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Functional

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Valve-bugreporter stores credentials in plain text
Researcher: ndob
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2013-7128 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-7128
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11539
OSVDB: 101121

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

Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2013 16:41
Changes: 12/19/2013 16:41 (57)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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