CVE-2004-1171 Information

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.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1292.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110178786809694&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110261063201488&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/13477 http://secunia.com/advisories/13486 http://secunia.com/advisories/13560 http://securitytracker.com/id?1012471 http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-051.shtml http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-16.xml http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/305294 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041209-1.txt http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:150 http://www.osvdb.org/12248 http://www.sec-consult.com/index.php?id=118 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11866 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18267