Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-7320 - Credentials Management vulnerability in Gnome Seahorse
Attack vector
PHYSICAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
GNOME Seahorse through 3.30 allows physically proximate attackers to read plaintext passwords by using the quickAllow dialog at an unattended workstation, if the keyring is unlocked. NOTE: this is disputed by a software maintainer because the behavior represents a design decision
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/189774
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/189774
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/189774/comments/13
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/189774/comments/13
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551036
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551036
- https://www.bountysource.com/issues/3849352-seahorse-shows-passwords-without-verification
- https://www.bountysource.com/issues/3849352-seahorse-shows-passwords-without-verification