PasswordSafe 3.0 rand missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in PasswordSafe 3.0. This impacts the function rand. Such manipulation leads to missing encryption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-1378. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PasswordSafe 3.0. Affected by this issue is the function rand. 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. CVE summarizes:

PasswordSafe 3.0 beta, when running on Windows before XP, uses a weak random number generator (C++ rand function) during generation of the database encryption key, which makes it easier for attackers to decrypt the database and steal passwords by generating keys for all possible rand() seed values and conducting a known plaintext attack.

The weakness was shared 03/23/2006 with Elcomsoft (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-1378 since 03/23/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25429) and SecurityFocus (BID 17200†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

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PasswordSafe

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Temp Score: 5.9
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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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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/16/2005 🔍
03/23/2006 +127 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3276 days 🔍
09/09/2017 +912 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Organization: Elcomsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1378 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1378
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29324
X-Force: 25429 - Password Safe rand() key weak encryption
SecurityFocus: 17200 - Counterpane Password Safe Insecure Random Number Generation Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/09/2017 05:49
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (46), 09/09/2017 05:49 (7)
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