CVE-2018-20781

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
In pam/gkr-pam-module.c in GNOME Keyring before 3.27.2, the user's password is kept in a session-child process spawned from the LightDM daemon. This can expose the credential in cleartext.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-20781
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-02-12T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-03-16T14:02:54
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-522 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/522.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_keyring:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.27.2
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/tags/3.27.2 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/issues/3 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781486 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3894-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin/tree/d95f1e08ce79783794f38433bbf7de5abd9792da Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20781
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20781
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:19:45 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 17:21:13 2019-02-12T17:29Z 2019-02-12T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 17:21:13 2021-03-16T14:02:54 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 17:21:13 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated