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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2004-12-10T05:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-08T00:39:00.912Z
Reserved: 2004-12-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2004-1171
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2005-01-10T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2017-07-11T01:30:48.043
Link: CVE-2004-1171
Redhat
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