Re: Putty Proxy login/password discolsure....

[mflaschen3 () mail gatech edu]

Windows offers no security against local users.  It is trivial to boot to a
program like ERD Commander and replace admin passwords.  On the other hand,
PuTTy is meant to protect against everyone; that's why it doesn't allow saved
passwords.  Thus, this seems like a vulnerability to me.

Matt Flaschen

Quoting "Dave \"No, not that one\" Korn" <davek_throwaway () hotmail com>:

> "Antoine SANTO" <Antoine.SANTO () maaf fr> wrote in message
> news:021001c6f822$94e12f40$595ce60a () maafprod ecorail com...
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I come to report a little strange discolsure discovered by my
> > co-worker Fx0day.
> >
> > When you save session informations under putty and you need proxy
> > for a session,
> > We can find in plain clear text the login and password proxy auth in
> > the windows
> > database register.
> >
> > Strange to see a good ssh client storing plain clear text « hot »
> > informations !!
>
>    The HKCU key is protected by an ACL; it is only accessible to the
>  user, or to someone with admin rights.  So it's not best practice,
>  agreed, but it isn't a major vulnerability.
>
>
>      cheers,
>        DaveK
> --
> Can't think of a witty .sigline today....



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