Cryptocat up to 2.0.21 img/keygen.gif information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cryptocat up to 2.0.21. Affected is an unknown function of the file img/keygen.gif. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-2261. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cryptocat up to 2.0.21 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file img/keygen.gif. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 11/07/2012 by Mario Heiderich, Krzysztof Koktowicz and Maxim Rupp with Cure53 as confirmed bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at blog.crypto.cat. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the project team. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-2261 since 02/19/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 2.0.22 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (38636) and OSVDB (95000†). blog.crypto.cat is providing further details. The entries VDB-9432, VDB-9433, VDB-9434 and VDB-9435 are pretty similar. 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: 6.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cryptocat 2.0.22

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11/07/2012 🔍
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02/19/2013 +104 days 🔍
07/11/2013 +142 days 🔍
12/20/2024 +4180 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: blog.crypto.cat
Researcher: Mario Heiderich, Krzysztof Koktowicz, Maxim Rupp
Organization: Cure53
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-2261 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2261
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9437
OSVDB: 95000

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

Created: 07/11/2013 11:31
Updated: 12/20/2024 22:07
Changes: 07/11/2013 11:31 (47), 03/19/2019 16:31 (2), 05/18/2021 14:15 (2), 05/18/2021 14:17 (18), 12/20/2024 22:07 (22)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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