CVE-2017-8296
kedpm 0.5 and 1.0 creates a history file in ~/.kedpm/history that is written in cleartext. All of the commands performed in the password manager are written there. This can lead to the disclosure of
02 Description
kedpm 0.5 and 1.0 creates a history file in ~/.kedpm/history that is written in cleartext. All of the commands performed in the password manager are written there. This can lead to the disclosure of
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 71.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-04-27 15:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 16:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-04-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-522Insufficiently Protected CredentialsClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 99ead28d4cd4c4382f1ca213c50839f85cbfecd48b30239f3c321128ceb2b0cc
05 Affected products
06 References
- openwall.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/26/9
- sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/kedpm/bugs/6/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201708-04https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-04
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=860817
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- kedpm No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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