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CVE-2013-2120
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
CVSSv3.1 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
The %{password(...)} macro in pastemacroexpander.cpp in the KDE Paste Applet before 4.10.5 in kdeplasma-addons does not properly generate passwords, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication via a brute-force attack..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Low
- Base Score
- 2.1/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
CVSSv3.1 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 8.4/10
- Exploit Score
- 2.5/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Privileges Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 5.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- High
- Availability Impact
- High
- Integrity Impact
- High
- Scope
- Unchanged
- User Interaction
- None
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:kde:paste_applet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | 4.10.5 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0114.html
- https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdeplasma-addons/repository/revisions/36a1fe49cb70
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/29/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969421
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/28/5