Flowerfire Sawmill 5.0.21 Password Storage cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Flowerfire Sawmill 5.0.21 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Password Storage. Performing a manipulation results in cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2000-0589. Additionally, an exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Flowerfire Sawmill 5.0.21. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Password Storage. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SawMill 5.0.21 uses weak encryption to store passwords, which allows attackers to easily decrypt the password and modify the SawMill configuration.

The weakness was released 06/26/2000 by Larry Cashdollar as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0589. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10454 (Sawmill Weak Password Encryption Scheme Information Disclosure), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4837), Tenable (10454), SecurityFocus (BID 1403†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1835†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-15710. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10454
Nessus Name: Sawmill Weak Password Encryption Scheme Information Disclosure
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Larry Cashdollar
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0589 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0589
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15711
X-Force: 4837
SecurityFocus: 1403 - Flowerfire Sawmill Weak Password Encryption Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1835 - SawMill 5.0.21 Weak Password Encryption, Medium

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

Created: 06/25/2014 14:39
Updated: 01/22/2025 09:45
Changes: 06/25/2014 14:39 (61), 05/12/2019 06:29 (14), 06/25/2021 08:17 (3), 01/22/2025 09:45 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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