full-disclosure - CORE-Impact license bypass

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Message-ID: <9E97F0997FB84D42B221B9FB203EFA270175B174@dc1ms2.msad.brookshires.net>
Date: Mon Sep 26 20:26:07 2005
From: jasonjones at brookshires.com (Jason Jones)
Subject: CORE-Impact license bypass

You got that proxy back up yet Todd? 

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk
[mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk] On Behalf Of Todd
Towles
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 2:22 PM
To: Josh Perrymon; c0ntex; Morning Wood
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] CORE-Impact license bypass

The real question is, do you get module updates after doing this?  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk
> [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk] On Behalf Of Josh 
> Perrymon
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 2:15 PM
> To: c0ntex; Morning Wood
> Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
> Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] CORE-Impact license bypass
> 
> But the only way to get a copy of the pgm is if you buy it right?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk
> [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk] On Behalf Of c0ntex
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 2:22 PM
> To: Morning Wood
> Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] CORE-Impact license bypass
> 
> A 4. version  :-)
> 
> On 26/09/05, Morning Wood <se_cur_ity@...mail.com> wrote:
> > been known since at least v3.2
> > are you using a 3.x or a 4.x series?
> > i belive the 4.x requires an auth from core before use
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "c0ntex" <c0ntexb@...il.com>
> > To: <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
> > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 3:30 AM
> > Subject: [Full-disclosure] CORE-Impact license bypass
> >
> >
> > I seem to have stumbled over a bug in Core Impact licensing
> mechanisms
> > that will allow anyone to continually use the Core Impact
> product even
> > after the license has expired.
> >
> > This is not a security issue but it is, I feel, either an
> oversight or
> > a "feature" which can be abused to utilise the Core Impact
> product for
> > longer than designed / desired.
> >
> > In my "business funded" Core Impact install on this machine, the 
> > license expired at the end of last month and the usualy
> "Your license
> > has expired" pop-up appears, however it is easy to
> re-enable Core to a
> > working install by merely changing the system date on the
> PC to say a
> > month before the product was due to expire. Oops  ;) I
> guess Core is
> > using a very simplistic license mechanism.
> >
> > Emailed CORE two times, 1 week ago, no reply.
> > --
> >
> > regards
> > c0ntex
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> 
> --
> 
> regards
> c0ntex
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