VDB-17548 · CVE-2001-0786 · BID 2882

Internet Software Solutions Air Messenger LAN Server 3.4.2 pUser.Dat Password missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Internet Software Solutions Air Messenger LAN Server 3.4.2. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file pUser.Dat. Executing a manipulation can lead to missing encryption (Password). This vulnerability appears as CVE-2001-0786. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Internet Software Solutions Air Messenger LAN Server 3.4.2 (Messaging Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file pUser.Dat. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability (Password). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Internet Software Solutions Air Messenger LAN Server (AMLServer) 3.4.2 stores user passwords in plaintext in the pUser.Dat file.

The weakness was presented 10/18/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0786. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

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 SecurityFocus (BID 2882†). See VDB-17547 and VDB-17550 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/18/2001 🔍
10/18/2001 +122 days 🔍
10/18/2001 +0 days 🔍
07/09/2014 +4647 days 🔍
04/10/2019 +1736 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0786 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0786
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17548
SecurityFocus: 2882 - AMLServer Plaintext Password Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 17:44
Updated: 04/10/2019 10:28
Changes: 07/09/2014 17:44 (47), 04/10/2019 10:28 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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