Starfish TrueSync Desktop Failure to Protect Data Vulnerability

BID:3232

Info

Starfish TrueSync Desktop Failure to Protect Data Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3232
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2001-1006
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 24 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 07:56AM
Credit: Reported to Bugtraq by Valentin Butanescu <[email protected]> on August 24, 2001.
Vulnerable: Starfish Software TrueSync Desktop 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Starfish TrueSync Desktop Failure to Protect Data Vulnerability

Starfish Software's TrueSync Desktop is a personal information manager (PIM) software for Windows commonly used with wireless and wireline devices.

The TrueSync Desktop software provides users the ability to set a password for protecting stored files. Aside from employing a trivial method of storing user passwords (see BID 3231), the software also does not encrypt protected data files in any way.

An attacker can easily view the files through some other application. This may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information.

Exploit / POC

Starfish TrueSync Desktop Failure to Protect Data Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt;.

Solution / Fix

Starfish TrueSync Desktop Failure to Protect Data Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff 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]>.

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