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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2008-3147

Medium
4.7/10

Summary

WeFi 3.2.1.4.1, when diagnostic mode is enabled, stores (1) WEP, (2) WPA, and (3) WPA2 access-point keys in (a) ClientWeFiLog.dat, (b) ClientWeFiLog.bak, and possibly (c) a certain .inf file under %PROGRAMFILES%\WeFi\Users\, and uses cleartext for the ClientWeFiLog files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.

  • MEDIUM
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published