JPEGX Wizard Password Bypass Vulnerability

BID:7298

Info

JPEGX Wizard Password Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7298
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 07 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 07 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to JeiAr <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Jpegx Jpegx 2.0.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

JPEGX Wizard Password Bypass Vulnerability

JpegX has been reported prone to a password bypass vulnerability.

It has been reported that, when no password credentials are supplied if using the JpegX wizard to decrypt encrypted data contained in JPEG files JpegX will decipher the file regardless.

This vulnerability may lead to sensitive information disclosure.

Exploit / POC

JPEGX Wizard Password Bypass Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

References

JPEGX Wizard Password Bypass Vulnerability

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