DameWare Mini Remote Control Server Weak Encryption Implementation Vulnerability

BID:9909

Info

DameWare Mini Remote Control Server Weak Encryption Implementation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9909
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 17 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 17 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to ax09001h <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: DameWare Development Mini Remote Control Server 4.0
DameWare Development Mini Remote Control Server 3.73 .0.0
DameWare Development Mini Remote Control Server 3.72 .0.0
DameWare Development Mini Remote Control Server 3.71 .0.0
DameWare Development Mini Remote Control Server 3.70 .0.0
Not Vulnerable: DameWare Development Mini Remote Control Server 4.2 .0.0
DameWare Development Mini Remote Control Server 3.74 .0.0

Discussion

DameWare Mini Remote Control Server Weak Encryption Implementation Vulnerability

DameWare Mini Remote Control Server has been reported to be prone to a weak encryption implementation.

It has been reported that analysis of encrypted traffic will reveal the block cipher that is used by DameWare Mini Remote Control to encrypt the plaintext data using ECB (Electronic Code Book) mode. This may ultimately allow an attacker to determine the block cipher and thereby expose plaintext credentials by reversing the process.

Exploit / POC

DameWare Mini Remote Control Server Weak Encryption Implementation Vulnerability

The following block cipher has been supplied:

unsigned char dw_key[ ] = { 0x29, 0x23, 0x18, 0x84, 0x2C, 0x6C, 0xD6, 0xAE, 0x52, 0x90, 0x49, 0xF1, 0x7C, 0xBB, 0x90, 0xEB};

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Solution / Fix

DameWare Mini Remote Control Server Weak Encryption Implementation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released Mini Remote Control Server 3.74 to address this issue in 3.x versions and 4.2 to address this issue in 4.x versions. Additional information can be obtained from the vendor advisory available in web references.


DameWare Development Mini Remote Control Server 4.0

References

DameWare Mini Remote Control Server Weak Encryption Implementation Vulnerability

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