PT-2005-4954 · Alt N · Worldclient+1

Published 2005-12-15 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-4266

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Alt-N MDaemon and WorldClient version 8.1.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to perform actions as other users by guessing or sniffing a random session ID value associated with a username. This is due to WorldClient.dll trusting a Session parameter that contains this randomly generated session ID.

Recommendations For Alt-N MDaemon and WorldClient version 8.1.3, consider implementing additional authentication measures to prevent session ID guessing or sniffing, such as using secure protocols for session management. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4266

Affected Products

Alt-N Mdaemon

Worldclient

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4266 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17990 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4266 · Note
• http://ipomonis.com/advisories/mdaemon.zip · Note