Secunia Security Advisory - Ziv Kamir has reported a security issue in FTPGlide, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to view usernames and passwords. The problem is that the profiles used for connecting to FTP servers are stored in clear text and are readable by any local user. This has been reported to affect version 2.43.
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TITLE:
FTPGlide Exposure of Passwords
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12165
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12165/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
Local system
SOFTWARE:
FTPGlide 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/3726/
DESCRIPTION:
Ziv Kamir has reported a security issue in FTPGlide, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to view usernames and passwords.
The problem is that the profiles used for connecting to FTP servers
are stored in clear text and are readable by any local user.
This has been reported to affect version 2.43.
SOLUTION:
Do not allow untrusted users access to systems running FTPGlide.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ziv Kamir
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