Secunia Security Advisory - Kozan has discovered a security issue in NotJustBrowsing, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
NotJustBrowsing Disclosure of Lock Password
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15184
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15184/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
Local system
SOFTWARE:
NotJustBrowsing 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5019/
DESCRIPTION:
Kozan has discovered a security issue in NotJustBrowsing, which can
be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive
information.
The problem is that the lock password (three characters) is stored in
plain text in the world-readable file "notjustbrowsing.prf".
The security issue has been confirmed in version 1.0.3. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Kozan
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