WebCT Respondus 1.1.2 WEBCT.SVR missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in WebCT Respondus 1.1.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file WEBCT.SVR. The manipulation leads to missing encryption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2001-1003. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WebCT Respondus 1.1.2 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file WEBCT.SVR. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Respondus 1.1.2 for WebCT uses weak encryption to remember usernames and passwords, which allows local users who can read the WEBCT.SVR file to decrypt the passwords and gain additional privileges.

The weakness was published 08/31/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1003. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.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 vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (21078). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing encryption
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

08/31/2001 🔍
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07/08/2014 +4694 days 🔍
12/08/2024 +3806 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-1003 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1003
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17285
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2014 17:04
Updated: 12/08/2024 18:38
Changes: 07/08/2014 17:04 (41), 06/03/2018 10:51 (6), 12/08/2024 18:38 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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