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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 2.1/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1292.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110178786809694&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110261063201488&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13477
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13486
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13560
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012471
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-051.shtml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-16.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/305294Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041209-1.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:150
- http://www.osvdb.org/12248
- http://www.sec-consult.com/index.php?id=118
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11866Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18267
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1292.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110178786809694&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110261063201488&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13477
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13486
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13560
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012471
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-051.shtml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-16.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/305294Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041209-1.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:150
- http://www.osvdb.org/12248
- http://www.sec-consult.com/index.php?id=118
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11866Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18267
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 10, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified