CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-20781

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.

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
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
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919 Issue Tracking Patch
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
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_keyring:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-02-12 05:29

Updated : 2021-03-16 02:02

NVD link : CVE-2018-20781

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20781

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-522