Zetetic Enterprises Strip 0.3/0.4/0.5 on PalmOS improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Zetetic Enterprises Strip 0.3/0.4/0.5 on PalmOS and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2001-0597. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Zetetic Enterprises Strip 0.3/0.4/0.5 on PalmOS. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Zetetic Secure Tool for Recalling Important Passwords (STRIP) 0.5 and earlier for the PalmOS allows a local attacker to recover passwords via a brute force attack. This attack is made feasible by STRIP s use of SysRandom, which is seeded by TimeGetTicks, and an implementation flaw which vastly reduces the password search space .

The weakness was released 08/02/2001 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0597. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 databases at X-Force (6362), Exploit-DB (20746) and SecurityFocus (BID 2567†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/10/2001 🔍
08/02/2001 +114 days 🔍
08/02/2001 +0 days 🔍
07/07/2014 +4722 days 🔍
12/28/2024 +3827 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2001-0597 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0597
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17111
X-Force: 6362 - STRIP generates weak passwords
SecurityFocus: 2567 - Strip Password Generator Limited Password-Space Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2014 17:06
Updated: 12/28/2024 16:05
Changes: 07/07/2014 17:06 (50), 05/31/2018 10:31 (7), 06/27/2021 06:58 (3), 12/28/2024 16:05 (19)
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