Miranda IM Client Password Disclosure Vulnerability.

* Version Affected:*
0.7.10 Unicode / Previous version can be affected.

* Release Date:*
11 September 2008

* About:*
Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. 
Very light on system
resources and extremely fast, Miranda IM require no installation and can 
be made to fit on a
single floppy disk or USB drive. Featuring a powerful plugin-based 
framework and boasting
over 350 plugins, Miranda IM is one of the most flexible and 
customizable messaging clients on the planet.

* Description:*
The Miranda client inherits client side password disclosure 
vulnerability. The credentials used to
connect to the required service i.e. username and password is not 
encrypted properly. The credentials
can be extracted in clear text by dumping process memory of the live 
pidgin process when a connection
is set. The vulnerability allows anyone with access to the client system 
to obtain the username and
password. Additionally, this vulnerability could also be exploited by 
fooling the user to execute malicious
code which would dump the memory of the process "miranda32.exe"..

*Proof of Concept:
http://evilfingers.com/advisory/miranda_im_mem_pass_disc.pdf 
http://secniche/advisory/miranda_vul.pdf 
** * 
*Links:
*http://secniche.org/advisory.html 
http://evilfingers.com/advisory/index.php 

*Credit:*
Aditya K Sood

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