Title: ActivCard Gold Cached Static Password Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
ActivCard Gold is a smart card solution for Microsoft Windows and other operating systems.
ActivCard Gold is reported to cache static passwords in memory. Credentials are stored in the memory of the "scardsrv" process. These credentials will be disclosed if an attacker can cause the process to dump memory or can gain access to an existing memory dump.
Though unconfirmed, it has been alleged that static passwords will remain in memory after the smart card is removed. This issue apparently does not affect PKI private keys and dynamic password keys, which are reported to be stored in a more secure manner by ActivCard Gold.
Affected Products:
- ActivCard ActivCard Gold 1.21.0
- ActivCard ActivCard Gold 2.2.0
References:
- ActivCard: ActivCard Gold Product Page
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