The PureVPN client before 6.1.0 for Windows stores Login Credentials (username and password) in cleartext. The location of such files is %PROGRAMDATA%\purevpn\config\login.conf. Additionally, all local users can read this file.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-10372 The PureVPN client before 6.1.0 for Windows stores Login Credentials (username and password) in cleartext. The location of such files is %PROGRAMDATA%\purevpn\config\login.conf. Additionally, all local users can read this file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:53:43.315Z

Reserved: 2018-10-26T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2018-18656

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-26T12:29:00.213

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:56:19.273

Link: CVE-2018-18656

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