bugtraq - Re: Re: XChat 2.8.4-1 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Message-ID: <20080329174101.5911.qmail@securityfocus.com>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 17:41:01 -0000
From: omnipresent@...il.it
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Re: XChat 2.8.4-1 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

>1) Password disclosure
>What priviledges on the system do you need to >read that process memory?
>With such priviledges, why don't you read the >data directly from the
>config file?

You can try to use the evil's ProcessMemoryDumper.

I dumped (and I've obtained user password) the memory from a limited User.

>2) Local Dos
>Is the build unoficial/unsupported from the XChat >team? Does the same
>bug exists in the official builds?

I've not tested the Official release.

>You talk about a local dos.. how can a user access >the tray icon of
>another user to trigger the crash?

The "bug" was found while I was working in a VPN..

Regards.