Riverdeep Foolproof Security 3.9.x information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Riverdeep Foolproof Security 3.9.x. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2004-2555. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advised to implement further authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Riverdeep Foolproof Security 3.9.x. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

riverdeep foolproof security 3.9.x on windows 98 and windows me uses weak cryptography (arithmetic and xor operations) to relate the control password to the administrator password which allows local users to calculate the administrator password if they know the control password and password recovery key.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2004 by Cyrillium Security Solutions and Services (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2555 since 11/21/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16327), Exploit-DB (24171), SecurityFocus (BID 10467†), OSVDB (6735†) and Secunia (SA11790†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6

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Class: Information disclosure
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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Recommended: Authentication
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06/04/2004 🔍
06/05/2004 +1 days 🔍
06/08/2004 +3 days 🔍
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12/31/2004 +205 days 🔍
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11/21/2005 +325 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3395 days 🔍
08/19/2025 +3816 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Cyrillium Security Solutions, Services
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2555 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2555
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23437
X-Force: 16327 - FoolProof Security administrative password recovery
SecurityFocus: 10467 - SmartStuff FoolProof Security Program Administrative Password Recovery Vulnerability
Secunia: 11790 - FoolProof Security Administrator Password Disclosure Weakness, Less Critical
OSVDB: 6735 - FoolProof Security ADMINPW.EXE Encryption Algorithm Weakness

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 08/19/2025 21:15
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (55), 07/19/2017 09:59 (11), 08/19/2025 21:15 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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