Positive Software H-Sphere Winbox 2.4 - Sensitive Logfile Content Disclosure

Author: Morning Wood
type: local
platform: windows
port: 0
date_added: 2005-05-09
date_updated: 2013-05-22
verified: 1
codes: CVE-2005-1606;OSVDB-16239
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13559/info

It is reported that Positive Software H-Sphere Winbox stores user account information in a plaintext format inside of application log files.

As a result, user credentials could be exposed to other local users who have permissions to access the log files.

C:\HSphere.NET\log\action.log
C:\HSphere.NET\log\resources.log