QNX Photon MicroGUI Clipboard Insecure Data Storage Vulnerability

BID:6207

Info

QNX Photon MicroGUI Clipboard Insecure Data Storage Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6207
Class: Configuration Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 19 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 26 2007 10:49PM
Credit: Vulnerability discovery credited to One Semicolon <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: QNX RTOS 6.3.0 SP3
QNX Photon MicroGUI
- QNX RTOS 6.2 Update Patch A
 - QNX RTOS 6.2
- QNX RTOS 6.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

QNX Photon MicroGUI Clipboard Insecure Data Storage Vulnerability

QNX Photon microGUI is a graphical interface for the QNX realtime operating system (RTOS). It is distributed and maintained by QNX Software Systems Limited.

Photon does not securely store data. When data is copied to the clipboard, it is stored insecurely on the local filesystem. This could allow local users to view the contents of another user's clipboard.

Exploit / POC

QNX Photon MicroGUI Clipboard Insecure Data Storage Vulnerability

No exploit is required for this vulnerability.

Solution / Fix

QNX Photon MicroGUI Clipboard Insecure Data Storage Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

References

QNX Photon MicroGUI Clipboard Insecure Data Storage Vulnerability

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