CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-2120
8.4 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-02-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
The %{password(...)} macro in pastemacroexpander.cpp in the KDE Paste Applet before 4.10.5 in kdeplasma-addons does not properly generate passwords, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication via a brute-force attack.
Affected configurations
• kde paste applet (< 4.10.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0114.html Broken Link
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/28/5 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/29/6 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969421 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdeplasma-addons/repository/revisions/36a1fe49cb70f717c4a6e9eeee2c9186503a8dce Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0114.html Broken Link
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/28/5 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/29/6 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969421 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdeplasma-addons/repository/revisions/36a1fe49cb70f717c4a6e9eeee2c9186503a8dce Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory