Coffeecup Password Wizard 4.0 APW File credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Coffeecup Password Wizard 4.0. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component APW File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in credentials management (Password). This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-1394. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Coffeecup Password Wizard 4.0. This affects an unknown function of the component APW File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability (Password). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

CoffeeCup Software Password Wizard 4.0 stores sensitive information such as usernames and passwords in a .apw file under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain that information via a direct request for the file.

The weakness was published 12/31/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1394 since 10/18/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. 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 T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11107 (CoffeeCup Software Password Wizard Remote Password Retrieval 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 (11447), SecurityFocus (BID 6995†) and OSVDB (60159†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Coffeecup

Name

Password Wizard

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Credentials management / Password
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/01/2003 🔍
12/31/2003 +305 days 🔍
12/31/2003 +0 days 🔍
10/18/2007 +1387 days 🔍
11/16/2009 +760 days 🔍
08/30/2014 +1747 days 🔍
07/14/2025 +3970 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-1394 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1394
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21315
X-Force: 11447 - CoffeeCup Password Wizard password file retrieval, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 6995
OSVDB: 60159 - CoffeeCup Software Password Wizard .apw File Direct Request Cleartext Credential Disclosure

Entryinfo

Created: 08/30/2014 23:04
Updated: 07/14/2025 00:41
Changes: 08/30/2014 23:04 (50), 07/04/2017 09:11 (7), 07/14/2025 00:41 (18)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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