CVE-2001-0597 describes a critical vulnerability in Zetetic Secure Tool for Recalling Important Passwords (STRIP) version 0.5 and earlier for PalmOS. A local attacker can recover stored passwords due to the application's reliance on a weak random number generator (SysRandom seeded by TimeGetTicks) and an implementation flaw that significantly reduces the password search space. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code demonstrating the limited password space is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zetetic_enterprises:strip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zetetic_enterprises:strip:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zetetic_enterprises:strip:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.