Backdoor.Win32.Skrat Insecure Password Storage

`Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com (c) 2021  
Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/d724feed69ec7b624e4e178ad6579cfb.txt  
Contact: [email protected]  
Media: twitter.com/malvuln  
  
Threat: Backdoor.Win32.Skrat  
Vulnerability: Cleartext Hardcoded Password  
Description: SKD RAT malware has feature to build backdoor servers, when setting a password for remote access the malware hardcodes the password in cleartext within the executable when built.  
Type: PE32  
MD5: d724feed69ec7b624e4e178ad6579cfb  
Vuln ID: MVID-2021-0437  
Dropped files: server.exe  
Disclosure: 12/31/2021  
  
  
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