CRYPTOCard CRYPTOAdmin 4.1 Weak Encryption Vulnerability

BID:1097

Info

CRYPTOCard CRYPTOAdmin 4.1 Weak Encryption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1097
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2000-0275
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 10 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 01:56AM
Credit: Discovered by Kingpin <[email protected]> and Dildog <[email protected]> and publicized in a L0pht Research Labs/@Stake advisory on April 10th.
Vulnerable: CRYPTOCard CRYPTOAdmin 4.1
- Palm Palm OS 3.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

CRYPTOCard CRYPTOAdmin 4.1 Weak Encryption Vulnerability

CRYPTOCard CRYPTOAdmin is a network authentication application for use with the Palm OS platform. CRYPTOAdmin generates a .pdb file which contains the username, PIN number, serial number, and key in encrypted or plaintext format. The PIN number can be retrieved due to the software's usage of a fixed 4-byte value in key generation. With access to the .pdb file and PIN number, a user is capable of duplicating the token onto another Palm device effectively gaining access to the network as the compromised user.

Exploit / POC

CRYPTOCard CRYPTOAdmin 4.1 Weak Encryption Vulnerability

L0pht/@Stake has released the following proof-of-concept code.

Windows 9.x - DeCRYPTO.zip
Unix - cryptc41.c
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