Closed Bug 817206 Opened 12 years ago Closed 12 years ago

Passwords for networks are stored in plain text

Categories

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia, defect)

ARM
Gonk (Firefox OS)
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(blocking-basecamp:-)

RESOLVED INVALID
blocking-basecamp -

People

(Reporter: nhirata, Unassigned)

References

Details

## Environment : Unagi phone, build 2012/11/29 ## Repro : 1. adb shell 2. cat /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf ## Expected : 1. The password should be encrypted or possibly even the file itself ## Actual : 1. the file with the password is in plain text. ## Note :
It requires the equivalent of root privileges to read this file.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 12 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Isn't the phone rooted by default? in which case, anyone that has access to the phone can read the file.
Flags: needinfo?(jones.chris.g)
Production configurations are not.
Flags: needinfo?(jones.chris.g)
blocking- for invalid
blocking-basecamp: ? → -
Group: core-security
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