Instantservers Miniportal 1.1.5 cleartext storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Instantservers Miniportal 1.1.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in cleartext storage. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-0259. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Instantservers Miniportal 1.1.5. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

InstantServers MiniPortal 1.1.5 and earlier stores sensitive login and account data in plaintext in (1) .pwd files in the miniportal/apache directory, or (2) mplog.txt, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

The weakness was presented 05/29/2002 by Strumpf Noir Society (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0259. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for 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 commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 27133 (InstantServers MiniPortal Sensitive File Plain Text Storage 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 (8170), SecurityFocus (BID 4076†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3179†). See VDB-18184 and VDB-18185 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source 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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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

02/09/2002 🔍
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05/29/2002 +109 days 🔍
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12/15/2003 +565 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3861 days 🔍
09/21/2025 +4089 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Strumpf Noir Society
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-0259 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0259
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18183
X-Force: 8170
SecurityFocus: 4076 - InstantServers MiniPortal Sensitive File Plain Text Storage Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 3179 - InstantServers MiniPortal 1.1.5 and Earlier Allows Local Users Privilege Escalation, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 14:02
Updated: 09/21/2025 00:03
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:02 (55), 05/18/2019 10:59 (4), 09/21/2025 00:03 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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