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
Published Dec 10, 2004
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.45%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.2
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.3
- 3.3
- 3.3.1
- 3.3.2
- 10.0
- 10.0
- 10.1
- 10.1
- core_2.0
- core_3.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00450) | 36.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00450) | 35.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00115) | 27.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.91% (0.01907) | 88.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 17, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00087) | 37.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00093) | 39.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00061) | 23.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 5.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (16)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1292.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110178786809694&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110261063201488&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13477 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13486 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13560 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012471 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-16.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/305294 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041209-1.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:150 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.osvdb.org/12248 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.sec-consult.com/index.php?id=118 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11866 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18267 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.