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H-Sphere Exposure of User Credentials Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA15287  
Release Date: 2005-05-10
Last Update: 2005-05-19

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:H-Sphere 2.x

CVE reference:CVE-2005-1606 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Donnie Werner has reported a security issue in H-Sphere, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information.

The problem is that user credentials are stored in the world-readable log files "action.log" and "resources.log".

Solution:
Apply patch for version 2.4.2 Patch 4 and 2.4.3 RC 1.
http://www.psoft.net/misc/hsphere_winbox_security_update_passwd.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
Donnie Werner, exploitlabs

Changelog:
2005-05-19: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://exploitlabs.com/files/advisories/EXPL-A-2005-007-hsphere.txt



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8 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. H-Sphere SiteStudio Unspecified Vulnerability
2. H-Sphere SiteStudio "template" Information Disclosure
3. H-Sphere Control Panel Insecure Permissions of Logfiles
4. H-Sphere Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
5. H-Sphere "login" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
6. SiteStudio and H-Sphere "name" Script Insertion Vulnerability
7. H-Sphere Cross Site Scripting
8. H-Sphere buffer overflow


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