CVE-2016-5746
Published Sep 26, 2016
Last updated a year ago
Overview
- Description
- libstorage, libstorage-ng, and yast-storage improperly store passphrases for encrypted storage devices in a temporary file on disk, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file, as demonstrated by /tmp/libstorage-XXXXXX/pwdf.
- Source
- security@opentext.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.1
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 1.4
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 1.2
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Evaluator
- Comment
- <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/313.html">CWE-313: Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk</a>
- Impact
- -
- Solution
- -
Configurations
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