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Thursday, August 25, 2005

[NT] Whisper32 Information Disclosure

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Whisper32 Information Disclosure
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SUMMARY

" <http://www.ivory.org> Whisper 32 is a very easy-to-use Password Manager
for Windows 95 and Windows NT."

Lack of proper information storage with Whisper32 allow attackers to
obtain plain text password from memory.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
* Whisper32 version 1.16

Whisper32 stores clear text passwords in the memory of the process without
encrypting it or nullifying it.

An attacker can obtain clear text password using process dump programs.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:agapov25@rambler.ru> Alexey
Agapov.

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