Cisco Mac OS VPN 5000 Client Password Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:5736

Info

Cisco Mac OS VPN 5000 Client Password Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5736
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2002-1491
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 18 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 05:06PM
Credit: This issue was publicized in a Cisco Security Advisory.
Vulnerable: Cisco VPN 5000 Client for Mac OS 5.2.1
Cisco VPN 5000 Client for Mac OS 5.1.2
Not Vulnerable: Cisco VPN 5000 Client for Mac OS 5.2.2

Discussion

Cisco Mac OS VPN 5000 Client Password Disclosure Vulnerability

The Cisco VPN 5000 Client on Mac OS saves configuration information for the default connection in the resource fork of the preferences file. Authentication credentials for the most recent login are included in the configuration. A tool such as ResEdit may be used to extract this information.

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Cisco Mac OS VPN 5000 Client Password Disclosure Vulnerability

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