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Synergy Protocol Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Windows

🗓️ 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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Synergy protocol information disclosure vulnerability - Windows. Keystrokes and mouse movements sent in clear text allow eavesdropping, impacting version 1.4

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:synergy-foss:synergy";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801872");
  script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-04-22 16:38:12 +0200 (Fri, 22 Apr 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_name("Synergy Protocol Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Windows");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/100157/synergy-cleartext.txt");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_synergy_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Synergy/Win/Installed");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker to obtain sensitive
information that could aid in further attacks.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Synergy Version 1.4");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is caused by sending all keystrokes and mouse movements
in clear text, which allows attacker to eavesdrop on all information passed
between the multiple computers.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
  of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
  release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Synergy is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if( version_in_range( version:vers, test_version:"1.4.0", test_version2:"1.4.2" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"None", install_path:path );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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