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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2010-0119

Low
2.1/10

Summary

Bournal before 1.4.1 on FreeBSD 8.0, when the -K option is used, places a ccrypt key on the command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process and its arguments, related to "echoing."

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published