Iplanet Calendar Server up to 5.0p2 LDAP Server cleartext storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Iplanet Calendar Server up to 5.0p2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component LDAP Server. The manipulation leads to cleartext storage. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2001-0620. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Iplanet Calendar Server up to 5.0p2 (Calendar Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component LDAP Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

iPlanet Calendar Server 5.0p2 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain access to the Netscape Admin Server (NAS) LDAP database and read arbitrary files by obtaining the cleartext administrator username and password from the configuration file, which has insecure permissions.

The bug was discovered 04/18/2001. The weakness was presented 08/02/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0620. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 106 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86154 (iPlanet Calendar Server Plaintext Admin Password Vulnerability).

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 (6402), SecurityFocus (BID 2630†), OSVDB (13900†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6500†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

04/18/2001 🔍
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08/02/2001 +106 days 🔍
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12/15/2004 +1231 days 🔍
07/07/2014 +3491 days 🔍
10/05/2025 +4108 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0620 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0620
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17123
X-Force: 6402 - iPlanet Calendar Server stores username and password in plain text
SecurityFocus: 2630 - iPlanet Calendar Server Plaintext Admin Password Vulnerability
OSVDB: 13900 - iPlanet - Calendar Server - Plaintext Admin Password Issue
Vulnerability Center: 6500 - iPlanet Calendar Server 2.1 - 2.1 p3, 5.0 p1 - 5.0 p2 Allows Obtaining Username and Password, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2014 17:18
Updated: 10/05/2025 16:37
Changes: 07/07/2014 17:18 (62), 06/03/2019 11:53 (3), 10/05/2025 16:37 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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