36524 : Credant Mobile Guardian Shield for Windows Cleartext Credential Disclosure
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-05-06

Description

(Description Provided by CVE) : Credant Mobile Guardian Shield for Windows 5.2.1.105 and earlier stores account names and passwords in plaintext in memory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by (1) reading the paging file or (2) dumping and searching the memory image. NOTE: This issue crosses privilege boundaries because the product is intended to protect the data on a stolen computer.

Classification

Attack Type: Cryptographic, Information Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.2.1.125 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2007-2883 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 24139
Secunia Advisory ID: 25410
CERT VU: 821865
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0373.html
Other Advisory URL: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2753

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-05-30 | Disagree?

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