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PasswordSafe 3.0 beta, when running on Windows before XP, uses a weak random number generator (C++ rand function) during generation of the database encryption key, which makes it easier for attackers to decrypt the database and steal passwords by generating keys for all possible rand() seed values and conducting a known plaintext attack

Published Mar 24, 2006

Description

PasswordSafe 3.0 beta, when running on Windows before XP, uses a weak random number generator (C++ rand function) during generation of the database encryption key, which makes it easier for attackers to decrypt the database and steal passwords by generating keys for all possible rand() seed values and conducting a known plaintext attack.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 24, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 23, 2006
Link CVE-2006-1378
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2006-1378
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2006-1378