vendor:
WinGate
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
WinGate Password Encryption Weakness
N/A
CWE
Product Name: WinGate
Affected Version From: WinGate 4.2
Affected Version To: WinGate 4.2
Patch Exists: No
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: o:deerfield:wingate
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References:
N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Windows
2001
WinGate Password Encryption Weakness
WinGate stores encrypted passwords in the registry, in a subkey where Everyone has Read access by default. The encryption scheme is weak, and therefore anyone can get and decrypt them. The exploit code provided is a C program that takes an encrypted password as an argument and decrypts it.
Mitigation:
Restrict access to the registry subkey containing the encrypted passwords.