3491 : SurfControl SuperScout Web Filter Weak Encryption
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about 1 year ago

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65%

Disclosure

Oct 01, 2002

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Oct 01, 2002

Solution

Unknown

Keywords

No Keywords

Description

SurfControl web filters contain a flaw that allows a remote attacker to trivially obtain and decrypt passwords. The issue is due to the JavaScript program used to encrypt passwords using a "text string" and "key", which is hard coded into a JavaScript function and trivial to decrypt (The key is "test"). With this information, an attacker can access any reports available on the server.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades or patches to correct this issue. It is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workarounds: Disable the reports server and consider using a terminal session to the server to access the reports.

Products

SurfControl plc
Watch-list
SuperScout Web Filter
Watch-list
3.0
3.0.3
Web Filter
Watch-list
4.0
4.1

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