Forum Web Server Clear Authentication Credentials Storage Weakness

BID:7822

Info

Forum Web Server Clear Authentication Credentials Storage Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 7822
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 05 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 05 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The discovery of this weakness has been credited to Ziv Kamir and Dennis Rand.
Vulnerable: Minihttp Forum Web Server 1.6
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Forum Web Server Clear Authentication Credentials Storage Weakness

A weakness has been reported in Forum Web Server that may result in the disclosure of sensitive information. Specifically, it is said that the application's authentication credentials are stored on the local system using the plaintext format.

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