CVE-2018-20781
"GNOME Keyring PAM Exposable Password Leak"
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 12, 2019, 5:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 4:02 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2018-20781 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2018-20781
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-20781.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
A tool to dump the login password from the current linux user
post-exploitation password-extraction
Makefile C Python Shell
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2018-20781 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-20781 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919 Added Reference https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781486 Added Reference https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin Added Reference https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin/tree/d95f1e08ce79783794f38433bbf7de5abd9792da Added Reference https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/issues/3 Added Reference https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/tags/3.27.2 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3894-1/ Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 16, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919 Issue Tracking, Patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin No Types Assigned https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin/tree/d95f1e08ce79783794f38433bbf7de5abd9792da No Types Assigned https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin/tree/d95f1e08ce79783794f38433bbf7de5abd9792da Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 20, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html [No Types Assigned] -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 24, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-255 CWE-522 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 24, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin/tree/d95f1e08ce79783794f38433bbf7de5abd9792da [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 28, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Changed CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3894-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3894-1/ Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 27, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3894-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/tags/3.27.2 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/tags/3.27.2 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781486 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781486 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919 Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/issues/3 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/issues/3 Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-255 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_keyring:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.27.2
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-20781 is
associated with the following CWEs:
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6.72 }} 1.65%
score
0.90816
percentile