Cerberus FTP Server Plaintext User Password Weakness

BID:7556

Info

Cerberus FTP Server Plaintext User Password Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 7556
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: May 12 2003 12:00AM
Updated: May 12 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to "Ziv Kamir" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Cerberus FTP Server 2.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Cerberus FTP Server Plaintext User Password Weakness

Cerberus FTP Server stores authentication credentials for the FTP service on the local system in plaintext. Local users with access to the file used to store these credentials may gain unauthorized access to the server as a result.

Exploit / POC

Cerberus FTP Server Plaintext User Password Weakness

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

Cerberus FTP Server Plaintext User Password Weakness

Solution:
Currently we 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

Cerberus FTP Server Plaintext User Password Weakness

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