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TITLE:
Hummingbird FTP User Password Encryption Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16430

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16430/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Hummingbird Connectivity 10.x
http://secunia.com/product/5541/
Hummingbird Connectivity 2006
http://secunia.com/product/5542/

DESCRIPTION:
nnposter has discovered a weakness in Hummingbird FTP, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to disclose certain sensitive
information.

The weakness is caused due to the use of a weak encryption algorithm
to encrypt the FTP user's password stored in the FTP profile. It is
possible to recover the password by subtracting 125 from each
password character obtained from the profile.

The weakness has been confirmed in Hummingbird FTP 2006, and also
reported in version 10. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the FTP profiles with proper file permissions.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
nnposter

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