Information disclosure in GNOME Keyring - CVE-2018-20781
Published: February 15, 2019 / Updated: September 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17715
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20781
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
GNOME Keyring
GNOME Keyring
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote root privileged attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the LightDM daemon in the affected software stores user passwords in cleartext. A remote attacker can performa memory dump and retrieve login credentials, which can be used to conduct further attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-20781
Update to version 3.27.2.