National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-2555
Original release date:12/31/2004
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Riverdeep FoolProof Security 3.9.x on Windows 98 and Windows ME uses weak cryptography (arithmetic and XOR operations) to relate the Control password to the Administrator password, which allows local users to calculate the Administrator password if they know the Control password and password recovery key.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: XF
Name: foolproof-admin-password-recovery(16327)
External Source: BID
Name: 10467
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 6735
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 11790
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20040604 [CYSA-0329] Password recovery vulnerability in FoolProof Security 3.9.x for Windows 95/9
