3491 : SurfControl SuperScout Web Filter Weak Encryption
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
6	600	over 8 years ago	over 4 years ago	0 times	65%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2002-10-01	2002-10-01

Description

SurfControl web filters contain a flaw that allows a remote attacker to trivially obtain and decrypt passwords. The issue is due to the JavaScript program used to encrypt passwords using a "text string" and "key", which is hard coded into a JavaScript function and trivial to decrypt (The key is "test"). With this information, an attacker can access any reports available on the server.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades or patches to correct this issue. It is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workarounds: Disable the reports server and consider using a terminal session to the server to access the reports.

Products

SurfControl plc	SuperScout Web Filter	3.0
		3.0.3
	Web Filter	4.0
		4.1

References

ISS X-Force ID: 10247
CVE ID: 2002-0706 (see also: NVD)
Vendor URL: http://www.surfcontrol.com/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0005.txt

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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