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Sony keeps username & password in plain text format

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:26 am
by r00t3r
I have CFW 6.60 LME -1.4 and I'm able to access other system files and the registry files in flash 1 mode. I hexed the PSP registry file using OllDbg only to find my PlayStation Network username name(e-mail) and password in plain text. :shock: As you can see below, there are two files in the folder named registry. Hex edit system.dreg and you'll be amazed to see your password in plain text format.
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Now I'll be more careful not to run any apps with full access to my PSP. And even more, I won't give my PSP to people anymore.
What if someone makes a signed homebrew app to steal this info ?

Other stuff: In net\http there are two files (shown below)
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Open auth.dat and you'll find your saved password(s) in plain text also. The cookies.dat is self explanatory.

Just wanted to say that.

Re: Sony keeps username & password in plain text format

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:58 am
by otakon435
Why would devs even bother trying to get this.....

Re: Sony keeps username & password in plain text format

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:59 am
by ramiro1398
otakon435 wrote:Why would devs even bother trying to get this.....
+1
r00t3r wrote:I have CFW 6.60 LME -1.4 and I'm able to access other system files and the registry files in flash 1 mode. I hexed the PSP registry file using OllDbg only to find my PlayStation Network username name(e-mail) and password in plain text. :shock: As you can see below, there are two files in the folder named registry. Hex edit system.dreg and you'll be amazed to see your password in plain text format.
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Now I'll be more careful not to run any apps with full access to my PSP. And even more, I won't give my PSP to people anymore.
What if someone makes a signed homebrew app to steal this info ?

Other stuff: In net\http there are two files (shown below)
Image

Open auth.dat and you'll find your saved password(s) in plain text also. The cookies.dat is self explanatory.

Just wanted to say that.
i didnt knew this....

Re: Sony keeps username & password in plain text format

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:39 am
by s7a71cv01d1nt
Nothing special there.
I was messing with these registry in DCv8 yesterday.

Try making pandora battery and MMS then inside DCv8 delete these registries and you will get chinese letters in DCv8 menu.

Also you can change X and O from these two registries.

I thought this was a nother leaked customer information from Sony website. lol :lol:

Re: Sony keeps username & password in plain text format

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:37 am
by Xian Nox
otakon435 wrote:Why would devs even bother trying to get this.....
Well, if you're making a PSP virus, you'll need this.

Re: Sony keeps username & password in plain text format

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:51 pm
by otakon435
True, but still there isn't much of a point to make one for it. The first on was annoying though.

Re: Sony keeps username & password in plain text format

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:05 pm
by Xian Nox
otakon435 wrote:True, but still there isn't much of a point to make one for it. The first on was annoying though.
Most users use only one password on all of their accounts, and similar usernames. Here's a valid point.

Re: Sony keeps username & password in plain text format

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:46 pm
by otakon435
Xian Nox wrote:
otakon435 wrote:True, but still there isn't much of a point to make one for it. The first on was annoying though.
Most users use only one password on all of their accounts, and similar usernames. Here's a valid point.
This is true, I didn't think of that because I don't. Yes that would make this a problem.

Re: Sony keeps username & password in plain text format

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:03 pm
by Sand3r
dang, I wanted to see if it was really that easy to extract the information from the file.
With the use of fseek() and fread() it was dead easy to display my username (email address) and password on the screen... :shock:

Re: Sony keeps username & password in plain text format

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:02 am
by m0skit0
Doesn't surprise me. If they keep PSN account passwords in clear on the servers, why wouldn't they on the console? :roll:
Sand3r wrote:dang, I wanted to see if it was really that easy to extract the information from the file.
Huh? If it's in the file, accessing it is as easy as reading the file, obviously...