ICSA-12-283-02

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WellinTech KingView User Credentials Not Securely Hashed

view advisory published 2012-07-13

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describes (1)

Related CVEs.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2012-4899USlow2.1OT elevated—
WellinTech KingView 6.5.3 and earlier uses a weak password-hashing algorithm, which makes it easier for local users to discover credentials by reading an unspecified file.
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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remediations (1)

  • MitigationKingView

    WellinTech has created a patch that fixes this vulnerability by increasing the complexity of the algorithm used to encrypt the passwords and usernames. A copy of the patch may be downloaded from the following location: (http://www.wellintech.com/index.php/news/33-patch-for-kingview653).

    http://www.wellintech.com/index.php/news/33-patch-for-kingview653
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