CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2008-7272

FireGPG before 0.6 handle user’s passphrase and decrypted cleartext insecurely by writing pre-encrypted cleartext and the user's passphrase to disk which may result in the compromise of secure communication or a users’s private key.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514386 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-7272 Third Party Advisory
https://vulners.com/securityvulns/SECURITYVULNS:DOC:20757?utm_source=securityvulns&utm_medium=redirect Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:getfiregpg:firegpg:*:*:*:*:*:firefox:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-11-08 12:15

Updated : 2020-02-10 09:16

NVD link : CVE-2008-7272

Mitre link : CVE-2008-7272

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-312

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information