Ultraedit FTP Password uedit32.ini information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ultraedit. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file uedit32.ini of the component FTP Password Handler. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure (Password). This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0983. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Ultraedit (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file uedit32.ini of the component FTP Password Handler. 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

UltraEdit uses weak encryption to record FTP passwords in the uedit32.ini file, which allows local users who can read the file to decrypt the passwords and gain privileges.

The weakness was disclosed 08/31/2001 (Website). The advisory is available at eve-software.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0983. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:uedit32.ini it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (21091). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/31/2001 🔍
08/31/2001 +0 days 🔍
07/08/2014 +4694 days 🔍
02/23/2025 +3883 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: eve-software.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0983 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0983
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17282
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2014 16:54
Updated: 02/23/2025 22:32
Changes: 07/08/2014 16:54 (38), 04/08/2019 18:53 (9), 02/23/2025 22:32 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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