Collection of legal threats against good faith Security Researchers; vulnerability disclosure gone wrong. A continuation of work started by @attritionorg
Vendor response
Fox-IT has reported the vulnerability in Keeper® Password & Data Vault to Keeper Security Inc. within 24 hours of its initial discovery. Unfortunately, Keeper Security Inc. has refused to constructively engage in a responsible disclosure procedure and has requested all further communication to be addressed to the company’s legal counsel.
Keeper Security Inc’s legal counsel has since notified Fox-IT that “that the issue raised […] has been addressed and resolved in the new version of Keeper (Version 6.0) which is available on the App Store”. However, the description of the update on the App Store does not specify this version resolves any security issues. Fox-IT was also notified that the public disclosure of the issues that are described in this advisory may be met with swift legal action.
Our mission at Fox-IT is to make technical and innovative contributions for a more secure society. Given the lack of public information regarding the risks that are associated with the previous version of the application, we regard it as our responsibility to publish a detailed advisory. This will allow the affected users to take protective measures to prevent their confidential data from being compromised (further).
Reported: 18-March-2013 17:12 CET
Resolved: 04-April-2013, according to the vendor’s legal counsel
Published: 05-April-2013 16:33 CET
https://blog.fox-it.com/2013/04/05/security-advisory-unencrypted-storage-of-confidential-information-in-keeper-password-data-vault-v5-3-for-ios/
Vendor response Fox-IT has reported the vulnerability in Keeper® Password & Data Vault to Keeper Security Inc. within 24 hours of its initial discovery. Unfortunately, Keeper Security Inc. has refused to constructively engage in a responsible disclosure procedure and has requested all further communication to be addressed to the company’s legal counsel.
Keeper Security Inc’s legal counsel has since notified Fox-IT that “that the issue raised […] has been addressed and resolved in the new version of Keeper (Version 6.0) which is available on the App Store”. However, the description of the update on the App Store does not specify this version resolves any security issues. Fox-IT was also notified that the public disclosure of the issues that are described in this advisory may be met with swift legal action.
Our mission at Fox-IT is to make technical and innovative contributions for a more secure society. Given the lack of public information regarding the risks that are associated with the previous version of the application, we regard it as our responsibility to publish a detailed advisory. This will allow the affected users to take protective measures to prevent their confidential data from being compromised (further).
Reported: 18-March-2013 17:12 CET Resolved: 04-April-2013, according to the vendor’s legal counsel Published: 05-April-2013 16:33 CET