According to its version number, the copy of DameWare NT Utilities installed on the remote host allows a local user to recover authentication credentials because it stores sensitive information such as username, password, remote user, and remote hostname in memory as plaintext.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description) {
script_id(18117);
script_version("1.20");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1166");
script_bugtraq_id(13200);
name["english"] = "DameWare NT Utilities Authentication Credentials Persistence Weakness";
script_name(english:name["english"]);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by an
information disclosure issue." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its version number, the copy of DameWare NT Utilities
installed on the remote host allows a local user to recover
authentication credentials because it stores sensitive information
such as username, password, remote user, and remote hostname in memory
as plaintext." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Apr/227" );
# http://web.archive.org/web/20061017191408/http://www.dameware.com/support/security/bulletin.asp?ID=SB5
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e889aa42" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to DameWare NT Utilities 3.80 / 4.9 or later." );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2005/04/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2005/04/05");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe",value:"cpe:/a:dameware_development:dameware_nt_utilities");
script_end_attributes();
summary["english"] = "Checks for authentication credentials persistence weakness in DameWare NT Utilities";
script_summary(english:summary["english"]);
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("smb_hotfixes.nasl");
script_require_keys("SMB/Registry/Enumerated");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/Registry/Enumerated");
appname = 'DameWare NT Utilities';
list = get_kb_list("SMB/Registry/HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Uninstall/*/DisplayName");
version = NULL;
installed = FALSE;
if (!isnull(list))
{
foreach name (keys(list))
{
prod = list[name];
if (!isnull(prod) && "dameware nt utilities" >< tolower(prod))
{
version_reg = name - "/DisplayName" + "/DisplayVersion";
version = get_kb_item(version_reg);
installed = TRUE;
break;
}
}
}
if (!installed) audit(AUDIT_NOT_INST, appname);
if (!isnull(version))
{
if (version =~ "^([0-2]|3\.([0-9]|[0-7][0-9])|4\.([0-8]))([^0-9]|$)")
{
port = get_kb_item("SMB/transport");
if (isnull(port)) port = 445;
if (report_verbosity > 0)
{
report =
'\n Installed version : ' + version +
'\n Fixed version : 3.80 / 4.9\n';
security_note(port:port, extra:report);
}
else security_note(port);
}
else audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, appname, version);
}
else audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, appname);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
dameware_development | dameware_nt_utilities | cpe:/a:dameware_development:dameware_nt_utilities |