BadBlue ext.ini plaintext passwords
| badblue-plaintext-passwords (9558) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
BadBlue Personal Edition stores account passwords in plain text in the ext.ini file. An attacker could use this vulnerability to obtain user passwords, if the attacker could gain access to this file.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
No remedy available as of June 1, 2013.
References:
- BadBlue Web site: BadBlue Product Suite.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Jul 12 2002 - 19:50:16 CDT: Three BadBlue Vulnerabilities.
- BID-5228: Working Resources BadBlue Plain Text Password Storage Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1022: BadBlue server stores passwords in plaintext in the ext.ini file, which could allow local and possibly remote attackers to gain privileges.
- OSVDB ID: 8611: BadBlue ext.ini Cleartext Password Storage
Platforms Affected:
- Working Resources BadBlue Personal Edition 1.7.3
Reported:
Oct 02, 2002
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