TITLE: Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server Disclosure of User Credentials SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA13409 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/13409/ CRITICAL: Not critical IMPACT: Exposure of sensitive information WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 http://secunia.com/product/4268/ DESCRIPTION: Alexander Fichman has reported a weakness in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, which may disclose sensitive information to malicious, local users on the system. The weakness is caused due to an error when installing SPS components using a user account with a password containing a leading dash. This causes the installation to fail and includes the password (without the leading dash) in an error message, which is saved to "%windir%\temp\STSADM.log-setup_[date] [time].log". SOLUTION: Grant only trusted users access to a affected systems. Don't use passwords containing a leading dash. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Alexander Fichman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------