Shana Informed Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:5795

Info

Shana Informed Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5795
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 25 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 25 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery credited to Sullo.
Vulnerable: Shana Informed Filler 3.5
Shana Informed Designer 3.5
Not Vulnerable: Shana Informed Filler 4.0
Shana Informed Designer 4.0

Discussion

Shana Informed Information Disclosure Vulnerability

An information disclosure issue has been discovered in Shana Informed.

By opening encrypted documents created by Informed in a hex editor, it is potentially possible for an attacker to obtain sensitive information from the document, as well as arbitrary files located on the system.

It should be noted that documents created under on the Windows XP platform, are not vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Shana Informed Information Disclosure Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

Shana Informed Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed the issue in Informed v4.0:


Shana Informed Designer 3.5

Shana Informed Filler 3.5

References

Shana Informed Information Disclosure Vulnerability

References:

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