>> Modular Google Talk Bot Username and Password Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Title : Modular Google Talk Bot Username and Password Information Disclosure Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0408 CVE ID : CVE-2007-0627
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-01-30
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Modular Google Talk Bot (gtalkbot), which could be exploited by local attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is due to a design error where the username and password are passed as arguments to the command line in clear-text, which could be exploited by malicious users to obtain authentication information via the "ps" command.
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