CVE-2018-20839
systemd 242 changes the VT1 mode upon a logout, which allows attackers to read cleartext passwords in certain circumstances, such as watching a shutdown, or using Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F2. This
02 Description
systemd 242 changes the VT1 mode upon a logout, which allows attackers to read cleartext passwords in certain circumstances, such as watching a shutdown, or using Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F2. This
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
- 2.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2019-05-17 03:39Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 12:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-05-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e50cec56edb03457c8d58271989d492a952e63d9d0028a052ce609e1b69434ee
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1803993
- github.comhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/9725f1a10f80f5e0ae7d9b60547458622aeb322f
- github.comhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/12378
- www.securityfocus.com108389http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108389
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0002/
- lists.apache.org[mina-dev] 20210225 [jira] [Created] (FTPSERVER-500) Security vulnerability in common/lib/log4j-1.2.17.jarhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- plymouth Fixed in 0.9.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- plymouth Fixed in 0.9.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- plymouth Fixed in 0.9.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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