[NT] Trillian Plaintext Passwords

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  Trillian Plaintext Passwords
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SUMMARY

" <http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/> Trillian is a fully featured, 
stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo 
Messenger, and IRC."

Trillian have been found to store clear passwords on a plaintext file, 
that can be accessed by any user who has access to the machine.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
 * Trillian version 3.1 Basic and pro
 * Trillian version 3.0 Basic and Pro

When you choose the option to check your Yahoo email in Trillian (Check 
Yahoo Mail), Trillian creates a temp file in the <Install 
Directory>\users\default\cache directory with a random name that contains 
the Yahoo password in clear text. Further, this file is world readable, 
and the logout process doesn't erase it.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by  <mailto:security@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
Suramya Tomar .



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