CVE - CVE-2006-1378

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-1378	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
PasswordSafe 3.0 beta, when running on Windows before XP, uses a weak random number generator (C++ rand function) during generation of the database encryption key, which makes it easier for attackers to decrypt the database and steal passwords by generating keys for all possible rand() seed values and conducting a known plaintext attack.
References
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BID:17200 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17200 BUGTRAQ:20060323 PasswordSafe 3.0 weak random number generator allows key recovery attack URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428552/100/0/threaded BUGTRAQ:20060907 Re: PasswordSafe 3.0 weak random number generator allows key recovery attack URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445509/100/0/threaded SREASON:618 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/618 XF:passwordsafe-key-brute-force(25429) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25429
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20060323	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060323)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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