High severity · published Nov 8, 2019
CVE-2008-7272
FireGPG before 0.6 handle user’s passphrase and decrypted cleartext insecurely by writing pre-encrypted cleartext and the user's passphrase to disk which may result in the…
7.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FireGPG before 0.6 handle user’s passphrase and decrypted cleartext insecurely by writing pre-encrypted cleartext and the user's passphrase to disk which may result in the compromise of secure communication or a users’s private key.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firegpg · Getfiregpg
before 0.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7272
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-7272
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514386
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-7272
Third Party Advisory
https://vulners.com/securityvulns/SECURITYVULNS:DOC:20757?utm_source=securityvulns&utm_medium=redirect