It has been found that a backdoor has been coded into InterBase since
1992. This previously-secret account has full access and an
unchangeable, known username and password. With this knowlege, attackers
can remotely gain read and write access to any database on the server.

CERT advisory:
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-01.html

IBphoenix advisory:
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-01.html

More details:
http://firebird.ibphoenix.com/home.nfs?a=ibphoenix&s=979249465:352&page=starkey


Ben Greenbaum
Director of Site Content
SecurityFocus
http://www.securityfocus.com

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