CVE-2019-12171

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
Dropbox.exe (and QtWebEngineProcess.exe in the Web Helper) in the Dropbox desktop application 71.4.108.0 store cleartext credentials in memory upon successful login or new account creation. These are not securely freed in the running process.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-12171
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-07-08T13:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-07-21T11:39:23
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-312 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/312.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:dropbox:dropbox:71.4.108.0:*:*:*:*:desktop:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • 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://drive.google.com/open?id=1msz6pb08crPC0VT7s_Z_KTsKm9CbLJEXNsmRwzoNLy8 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DCGurwRTu0HsUpTglVR0jgItZNqqDm_5 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12171
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12171
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:09:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 23:00:12 2019-07-08T13:15Z 2019-07-08T13:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 23:00:12 2021-07-21T11:39:23 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 23:00:12 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated