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TITLE:
NotJustBrowsing Disclosure of Lock Password

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15184

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15184/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
NotJustBrowsing 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5019/

DESCRIPTION:
Kozan has discovered a security issue in NotJustBrowsing, which can
be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive
information.

The problem is that the lock password (three characters) is stored in
plain text in the world-readable file "notjustbrowsing.prf".

The security issue has been confirmed in version 1.0.3. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Kozan

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