CVE-2004-1171
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 10, 2004
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 10, 2004
Description
KDE 3.2.x and 3.3.0 through 3.3.2, when saving credentials that are (1) manually entered by the user or (2) created by the SMB protocol handler, stores those credentials for plaintext in the user's .desktop file, which may be created with world-readable permissions, which could allow local users to obtain usernames and passwords for remote resources such as SMB shares.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 13486third-party-advisory
- VU#305294third-party-advisory
- 11866vdb-entry
- 1012471vdb-entry
- P-051third-party-advisorygovernment-resource
- 20041129 Password Disclosure for SMB Shares in KDE's Konquerormailing-list
- 13560third-party-advisory
- kde-smb-password-plaintext(18267)vdb-entry
- MDKSA-2004:150vendor-advisory
- 20041209 KDE Security Advisory: plain text password exposuremailing-list
- 12248vdb-entry
- http://www.sec-consult.com/index.php?id=118
- GLSA-200412-16vendor-advisory
- 20041129 Password Disclosure for SMB Shares in KDE's Konquerormailing-list
- 13477third-party-advisory
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041209-1.txt
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