CVE-2001-0984

Published Sep 13, 2001

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: Password Safe 1.7(1) leaves cleartext passwords in memory when a user copies the password to the clipboard and minimizes Password Safe with the "Clear the password when minimized" and "Lock password database on minimize and prompt on restore" options enabled, which could allow an attacker with access to the memory (e.g. an administrator) to read the passwords.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.6
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:counterpane:password_safe:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "7A817C45-885B-41DA-A0B7-C37A64F756B9"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References