Symantec PowerQuest DeployCenter Boot Disk Plaintext Password Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:11068

Info

Symantec PowerQuest DeployCenter Boot Disk Plaintext Password Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11068
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 30 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 30 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Disclosure of this issue is credited to William Reyor.
Vulnerable: Symantec PowerQuest DeployCenter 5.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Symantec PowerQuest DeployCenter Boot Disk Plaintext Password Disclosure Vulnerability

Symantec PowerQuest DeployCenter is reportedly affected by a boot disk plaintext password disclosure vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to handle exceptional conditions.

This issue will allow an attacker to steal a password to the remote computer that the offending boot disk is designed to access, facilitating further attacks against the affected computer.

Exploit / POC

Symantec PowerQuest DeployCenter Boot Disk Plaintext Password Disclosure Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

Symantec PowerQuest DeployCenter Boot Disk Plaintext Password Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Symantec PowerQuest DeployCenter Boot Disk Plaintext Password Disclosure Vulnerability

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