VDB-11779 · OSVDB 101848 · GCVE-100-11779

Valve SteamOS 1.0 Authentication Username/Password hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Valve SteamOS 1.0. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Authentication. This manipulation of the argument Username/Password with the input steam causes hard-coded credentials. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. You should change the configuration settings.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Valve SteamOS 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Authentication. The manipulation of the argument Username/Password with the input value steam leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity.

The weakness was shared 12/16/2013 by Tim Brown with Portcullis Computer Security Ltd. as Evaluating SteamOS’s security posture (a first look) as confirmed posting (Blog). It is possible to read the advisory at labs.portcullis.co.uk. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at labs.portcullis.co.uk. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting Change Password. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (101848†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Config
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Config: Change Password

Timelineinfo

12/16/2013 🔍
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01/09/2014 +24 days 🔍
03/24/2019 +1900 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Evaluating SteamOS’s security posture (a first look)
Researcher: Tim Brown
Organization: Portcullis Computer Security Ltd.
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11779
OSVDB: 101848

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

Entryinfo

Created: 01/09/2014 13:41
Updated: 03/24/2019 10:45
Changes: 01/09/2014 13:41 (50), 03/24/2019 10:45 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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