[NT] Xitami Web Server Plaintext Administrator Password Storage

From: support@securiteam.com
Date: 06/21/02 

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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 07:32:07 +0200 (CEST)

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  Xitami Web Server Plaintext Administrator Password Storage
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SUMMARY

 <http://www.imatix.com/> Xitami is a multithreaded Web server. Though
small and simple, Xitami is robust enough to handle high-volume intranets.
Built from the ground up as a high-performance Web server engine, it pumps
data onto the network at top speed. This means that it can serve large
files quickly while handling many simultaneous hits. The vulnerability
manifest itself in the way the product poorly protects its administrator
password.

DETAILS

Vulnerable systems:
 * Xitami Web Server version 2.5b4

Any local user could head out to the C:\Xitami directory (where usually
the installation directory sits), and open up the "defaults.aut" a file.
This file has the administrators user/password saved in plain text.

Example:
Here is what the file looks like:
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# Created at installation time
#
[/Admin]
    bob="lemonhead"
[Private]
    Jacky=robusta
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:shellcode@attbi.com> ace.

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