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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cve-icon 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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-01-10T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-07-11T01:30:48.043

Link: CVE-2004-1171

cve-icon Redhat

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