14212 : Einstein Registry Cleartext Password Disclosure
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
4	496	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	3 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-02-27	2005-02-27

Description

Einstein contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure. The issue is due to plaintext storage of passwords in the registry, which may disclose username (mail address) and passwords to local users resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Cryptographic, Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

Bfriendly.com

Einstein

1.01

References

Security Tracker: 1013316
Secunia Advisory ID: 14455
CVE ID: 2005-0619 (see also: NVD)
Milw0rm: 846 848
Exploit Database: 846 848
Vendor URL: http://www.bfriendly.com/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.osvdb.org/ref/14/14212-einstein.txt

Credit

ATmaCA - atmacaicqmail.com - AtmacaSoft Inc.
kozan - kozanspyinstructors.com - http://www.spyinstructors.com

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-08 | Disagree?

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