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Nevrona Designs MiraMail stores all configuration and user account information in unencrypted text file

Vulnerability Note VU#245707

Original Release Date: 2002-08-07 | Last Revised: 2002-08-07

Overview

Some versions of MiraMail store username and passwords in a text file without using encryption.

Description

MiraMail is a news server for Windows-based hosts. Versions of MiraMail up to and including 1.04 store MiraMail user data, including usernames and passwords, in unencrypted plaintext stored in a '.ini' file.

Impact

Any user with access to the .ini file can learn all usernames and passwords used by MiraMail.

Solution

The CERT/CC is currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.

None.

Vendor Information

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References

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Chris Lathem for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2002-0110
Severity Metric: 0.81
Date Public: 2002-01-10
Date First Published: 2002-08-07
Date Last Updated: 2002-08-07 16:00 UTC
Document Revision: 6

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