IPCop Backup Key Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:15377

Info

IPCop Backup Key Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15377
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 10 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 10 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Juergen Schmidt is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: IPCop IPCop 1.4.9
IPCop IPCop 1.4.8
IPCop IPCop 1.4.6
IPCop IPCop 1.4.5
IPCop IPCop 1.4.4
IPCop IPCop 1.4.2
IPCop IPCop 1.4.1
Not Vulnerable: IPCop IPCop 1.4.10

Discussion

IPCop Backup Key Information Disclosure Vulnerability

IPCop is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. IPCop is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. The problem is due to how the application stores the key to encrypted backup files.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to decrypt backup files. Information obtained may aid in further attacks; other attacks may also be possible.

It may be possible for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary backup files. However, the attacker must have access to the 'nobody' user account, either through legitimate means, or through some other latent vulnerability. The attacker may also be able to overwrite arbitrary files with superuser privileges through exploitation of this issue.

Exploit / POC

IPCop Backup Key Information Disclosure Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

IPCop Backup Key Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in IPCop version 1.4.10 and later:


IPCop IPCop 1.4.1

IPCop IPCop 1.4.2

IPCop IPCop 1.4.4

IPCop IPCop 1.4.5

IPCop IPCop 1.4.6

IPCop IPCop 1.4.8

IPCop IPCop 1.4.9

References

IPCop Backup Key Information Disclosure Vulnerability

References:

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report