Hello all, I recently found a security flaw in the design of the IBM Client Security Password Manager (an application used to authenticate application forms using fingerprints). It came to my attention that the application only recognized my e-bank site and authed against it if i had just created a profile. If i closed the browser and opened a new one, the IBM Password Manager wouldn''t recognize the e-bank site. I figured that the password manager mapped its profiles against the "window name" property of the application. In this case, the problem was that the bank dynamically changed the window title to the current date. Since the IBM Client Security Password Manager authenticates by mapping the window title information, a malicious user could trick another user into sending his credentials (by phishing, xss or by other simple methods...) This is very easy to test: a) using the IBM Client Security Password Manager, create a new profile for a site with a static title (for instance, Horde webmail) b) create a new site with the same window title and host it *anywhere you like* c) go to that site and authenticate against it with the IBM Client Security Password Manager application. If you are using Horde (a portuguese version) you can test it in this page: http://lms.ispgaya.pt/goodies/ibm/ It is actually ironic that, since the IBM application works this way, a user is better off using the browsers builtin password manager (since it would detect that the site isn''t safe / recognized). Best regards, +---------------------------------------- | Lus Miguel Ferreira da Silva | Network Administrator @ISPGaya | Instituto Superior Politcnico Gaya | Rua Antnio Rodrigues da Rocha, 291/341 | Sto. Ovdio ? 4400-025 V. N. de Gaia | Tel: +351 223745730/3/5 | GSM: +351 912671471 +351 936371253 +---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Este email foi enviado via o webmail do ISPGaya Instituto Superior Politcnico Gaya -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) mQGiBEIbV7ARBACvJuXZEr4R4lN5xBW25YF1+ANIOg073Axak+3cYKSAvKeB3R7V DB6CBHyGFdkz12UkOnsscFNl/Xhq88zN3HY+nauXOE+FhPR8U6mCfjcYzKZI6Ds7 IY0dSKss+y+lF2cF+X7Pk3/ZctVuf6U+9XkE8WgH81uHyABMJk2g6l9ukwCgpQ8K aT1z8ss6/6crViYhARYJ95UD/RvIb3cvGv1CKQLifOzuVYgIW3cJ8IKXAaj0jej1 IwgfBWQylqER1bpp6tkXKKe7a8uSXc6FnsrjeIVZ7CE+jzjjk26JOyOBeMs/PTke FE8lUE762Bpq2W/COOvd0hhMbSezPso62hY0F9IyTzfQEG2qp+AwybVU/3JVeD2b 0BWIA/0UnP14KZk1CUu1WQAK6oXQXu6YA/2KHSx7/oKinoe3IlxvnMmhmvKys+9Q rCHhKdrs+oOL5DYMDmp8U+BJqsQJTCXSy/CGoqkir9wqC4F1mJ+26GI7v4qh7kcP KDr/T6QiIke10zj/QrfwouNVfEGiKN853lZ0tT6EvgzoEjelKrQiTHXtcyBNaWd1 ZWwgU2lsdmEgPGxtc0Bpc3BnYXlhLnB0PohbBBMRAgAbBQJCG1ewBgsJCAcDAgMV AgMDFgIBAh4BAheAAAoJENXZ+CTczFd8zz0An3U23TsDq1WxOdr9Dg2xNN/Clx+o AJ4+aDugmROM19RAwZmBu8F3Fy08OrkCDQRCG1e3EAgAjpHHgRg+5qiC6e9eAktV u7pRfFZhwJyqMDKigkJAIN5iDmB49CfFEJVqlAUeHduNgy6kgaI2BlDXxDs0tnG7 CWjjYc+/mwmO3aAMDWp0ca5PUEnQfKZunfekPLLHc26/Lo9RfMfCcodHpVfVuWMt Bie4GCwiN/Aq4/fiQJ7my1uF1PEZllxi8FpH5+6OidlSY0Vg2T7KAkqmMgNrF2o0 Av5VL23QB+70Ff91FnlcgJQXNPhhG4fGLUiRgBiKjhARTzf5L1GeLtyh/sfw73nm iKXpbHUkGhX9UhbApzREGmpfh+MZBW8W6YFqys2zoo5ejePGyeIubiHw3sgAiAPd LwADBQf/RnDjS6oTX8seTr82XgPK5K9ipWtsqi/ysVSPanoDL3c1TbR7KKPLY2fj lbuOJ6k+WWibD4B5PmMLM00Kpo9xFYcAJTGeIDCykXap7MPDpQPflIxMpYbZXZ3G GmdBBerihPz8f4iYqWcl/YXsxs8Z5GMxYhOMIU6P/9dGhEBUJb98lPAeJPrnlWby 5P4VrkSC/4PpK93KEjvSSdYxTQOmaJpmMkwNcjDTT+eNftJ/d8JNXHmGw5p1WHBv 2xNKWSQtyrT3GTXLM9AmbhbZtIUegguiaasgxVW+WZsBS0vDU8+GI0Wk96ih10q2 C7DRrmQCjSTPqZhv+qL8EQeUMqoYBIhGBBgRAgAGBQJCG1e3AAoJENXZ+CTczFd8 ySoAn2g7VU0x03UveIfGP6P340EMmoI0AJ9w4I62OY41Y5rHwoDZOgifGniEyw== =DqCm -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----