Published:2013/05/08  Last Updated:2013/05/08

JVN#61972596
Online Service Gate vulnerable in Office 365 password management

Overview

Online Service Gate contains a vulnerability in Office 365 password management.

Products Affected

Following program provided by all versions of Online Service Gate

  • OWA Helper
  • OSG Lite

Description

Online Service Gate provided by SoftBank Technology is a solution to manage the use of Office 365 which allows a system administrator to manage Office 365 users' passwords. Office 365 users' passwords are intended to be managed by a system administrator and cannot be obtained by users. OWA Helper and OSG Lite provided by Online Service Gate contain a vulnerability which allows users to obtain their own Office 365 passwords.

Impact

By obtaining a Office 365 password, a user can bypass the restriction of Online Service Gate to use Office 365.

Solution

Update the Software
The developer states that updates are applied automatically. Therefore users are not required to manually apply an update for the product.

Vendor Status

Vendor Link
SoftBank Technology, Inc. Online Service Gate update released (in Japanese)

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

Credit

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2013-2308
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2013-000035