CVE-2007-2360 Weak cryptography in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can recover network share credentials by exploiting weak encryption keys in Symantec backup software when remote backups are configured.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2007-2360?

CVE-2007-2360 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Apr 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Symantec Norton Ghost, Norton Save & Recovery, LiveState Recovery, and BackupExec System Recovery before 20070426, when remote backups of restore point images are configured, encrypt network share credentials with a key formed by a hash of the username, which allows local users to obtain the credentials by calculating the key.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2360?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Symantec Backupexec System Recovery, Symantec Livestate Recovery, Symantec Norton Ghost, Symantec Norton Save and Recovery.

How do I fix CVE-2007-2360?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2360 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2007-2360 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2360 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jxcw-5f6w-xx32.

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