Description
KDE 3.2.x and 3.3.0 through 3.3.2, when saving credentials that are (1) manually entered by the user or (2) created by the SMB protocol handler, stores those credentials for plaintext in the user's .desktop file, which may be created with world-readable permissions, which could allow local users to obtain usernames and passwords for remote resources such as SMB shares.
References
- 13486 third-party-advisory
- VU#305294 third-party-advisory
- 11866 vdb-entry
- 1012471 vdb-entry
- P-051 third-party-advisory government-resource
- 20041129 Password Disclosure for SMB Shares in KDE's Konqueror mailing-list
- 13560 third-party-advisory
- kde-smb-password-plaintext(18267) vdb-entry
- MDKSA-2004:150 vendor-advisory
- 20041209 KDE Security Advisory: plain text password exposure mailing-list
- 12248 vdb-entry
- http://www.sec-consult.com/index.php?id=118
- GLSA-200412-16 vendor-advisory
- 20041129 Password Disclosure for SMB Shares in KDE's Konqueror mailing-list
- 13477 third-party-advisory
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041209-1.txt