CVE-2004-1171
N/A
Published: December 10, 2004 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:07 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsMandrake LinuxFedora CoreKde
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (16)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1292.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110178786809694&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110261063201488&w=2Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcex_refsource_CIAC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-051.shtmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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