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NotJustBrowsing Disclosure of Lock Password
Secunia Advisory: SA15184
Release Date: 2005-05-02
Last Update: 2005-05-09
Popularity: 4,839 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:NotJustBrowsing 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-1418


Description:
Kozan has discovered a security issue in NotJustBrowsing, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information.

The problem is that the lock password (three characters) is stored in plain text in the world-readable file "notjustbrowsing.prf".

The security issue has been confirmed in version 1.0.3. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Kozan

Changelog:
2005-05-09: Added CVE reference.


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