Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance Cached Plaintext Password Vulnerability

BID:9784

Info

Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance Cached Plaintext Password Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9784
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 02 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 02 2004 12:00AM
Credit: The disclosure of this issue has been credited to Davide Del Vecchio.
Vulnerable: Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 200R
Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 200
Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 100
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance Cached Plaintext Password Vulnerability

It has been reported that Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance is prone to an issue where depending on browser settings; administration password credentials may be stored in the browser\proxy cache in plaintext format.

Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance Models 100, 200, 200R are reported to be prone to this vulnerability.

Exploit / POC

Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance Cached Plaintext Password Vulnerability

There is no exploit required, the malicious party must simply obtain a cached administration authentication password page from a vulnerable host.

Solution / Fix

References

Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance Cached Plaintext Password Vulnerability

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