Computer Associates ARCServe Cleartext Administrative Password Vulnerability

BID:3343

Info

Computer Associates ARCServe Cleartext Administrative Password Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3343
Class: Configuration Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 16 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 16 2001 12:00AM
Credit: Reported to bugtraq by ron <[email protected]> on September 16, 2001.
Vulnerable: Computer Associates ARCServe 2000 Advanced Edition 7.0
Computer Associates ARCServe 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Computer Associates ARCServe 6.61
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Computer Associates ARCServe Cleartext Administrative Password Vulnerability

ARCServe is an enterprise data backup and recovery solution from Computer Associates.

ARCServe stores its administrator account and password in cleartext.

Since ARCServe normally runs under an account with access to system files (or even that of the NT domain administrator), users able to read this information can gain administrative access to the host.

Exploit / POC

Computer Associates ARCServe Cleartext Administrative Password Vulnerability

No exploit required for this vulnerability.

Solution / Fix

Computer Associates ARCServe Cleartext Administrative Password Vulnerability

Solution:
Limit access to the ARCSERVE$ network share to the backup account and domain administrator.

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]>.

References

Computer Associates ARCServe Cleartext Administrative Password Vulnerability

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