Microsoft Plus! on Win 98/ME Password information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Microsoft Plus! on Win 98/ME. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (Password). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2001-0152. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Plus! on Win 98/ME (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Password). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The password protection option for the Compressed Folders feature in Plus! for Windows 98 and Windows Me writes password information to a file, which allows local users to recover the passwords and read the compressed folders.

The weakness was released 05/03/2001 with Microsoft as MS01-019 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0152. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

Applying the patch MS01-019 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6294), SecurityFocus (BID 2516†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4284†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Information disclosure / Password
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Highly functional

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MetaSploit ID: dynazip_log.rb
MetaSploit Name: Windows Gather DynaZIP Saved Password Extraction
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: MS01-019

Timelineinfo

03/28/2001 🔍
05/03/2001 +36 days 🔍
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05/10/2004 +1103 days 🔍
07/03/2014 +3706 days 🔍
05/21/2019 +1783 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS01-019
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0152 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0152
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16601
X-Force: 6294
SecurityFocus: 2516 - Microsoft Plus! 98 Windows ME Password Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4284 - [MS01-019] Microsoft Windows 98 Plus! And ME Compressed Folders Discloses Passwords, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 17:03
Updated: 05/21/2019 15:57
Changes: 07/03/2014 17:03 (63), 05/21/2019 15:57 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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