25760 : Novell Client Login Field Clipboard Content Disclosure
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2006-05-21	2006-05-21

Description

Novell Client contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure. The issue is triggered due to the Novell client Login dialog box failure to restrict access to the contents of the clipboard when the system is "locked". It can be possible to disclose the text contents of the current user's clipboard by pasting it into the "User Name" field, or to change the clipboard's content by performing a copy from the "User Name" field information.

Classification

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

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades or patches to correct this issue. It is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround:
manualy clear clipboard before locking and after unlocking system.

Products

Novell, Inc.	Novell Client for Windows NT/2000/XP	4.8
		4.9

References

CVE ID: 2006-2612 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 20194
SCIP VulDB ID: 2258
ISS X-Force ID: 26595
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0421.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0436.html

Credit

Eitan Caspi - EitanCaspiyahoo.com - http://eitancaspi.blogspot.com/

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-05-26 | Disagree?

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