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TITLE:
DeluxeFTP Disclosure of User Credentials

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14923

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14923/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
DeluxeFTP 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/4902/

DESCRIPTION:
Lostmon has discovered a security issue in DeluxeFTP, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive
information.

The problem is that user credentials for FTP sites are stored in
plain text in the world-readable file "sites.xml".

The security issue has been confirmed in version 6.01. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Lostmon

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2005/04/deluxeftp-plain-text-passwords.html

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