ZoneAlarm personal firewall exposes sensitive information over the Internet
| zonealarm-exposes-info (4295) |  Low Risk |
Description:
The ZoneAlarm personal firewall for Windows sends sensitive information unencrypted over the Internet. When a user clicks the More Info button on an alert notification window, information about the user's system and details of the triggering event are sent via HTTP to the Zone Labs server. This information is passed unencrypted, and a local or remote attacker could sniff network traffic to read this data.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Feb 25 2000 - 01:40:50 CST: Zonealarm exports sensitive data.
- CVE-2000-0220: ZoneAlarm sends sensitive system and network information in cleartext to the Zone Labs server if a user requests more information about an event.
Platforms Affected:
- CheckPoint ZoneAlarm 2.0.26
Reported:
Feb 24, 2000
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