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Microsoft Commerce Server Registry Permissions and Authentication Bypass
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9176
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Release Date:
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2003-07-04
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Last Update:
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2006-03-21
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Popularity:
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6,817 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Partial Fix
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| Software: | Microsoft Commerce Server 2002
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Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
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Description:
A vulnerability and a security issue have been reported in Microsoft Commerce Server, which can be exploited by malicious users to gain knowledge of sensitive information and by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
1) The password for the SQL Server backend is stored encoded in the registry in the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Commerce Server" if authentication has been configured to SQL Server authentication. However, this registry key has weak permissions allowing any user to read the encoded password.
By decoding the password, a malicious user could gain knowledge of the administrative SQL Server password.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 2002. Other versions may also be affected.
2) An error in the sample files within the "AuthFiles" directory can be exploited to bypass authentication and logon as a valid user without knowing the password.
Successful exploitation requires knowledge of a valid user name.
The security issue has been reported in version 2002. Prior versions may also be affected.
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