High severity · published Feb 11, 2020
CVE-2013-2120
The %{password(...)} macro in pastemacroexpander.cpp in the KDE Paste Applet before 4.10.5 in kdeplasma-addons does not properly generate passwords, which allows context-dependent…
8.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The %{password(...)} macro in pastemacroexpander.cpp in the KDE Paste Applet before 4.10.5 in kdeplasma-addons does not properly generate passwords, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication via a brute-force attack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
Paste Applet · Kde
before 4.10.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2120
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2120
Broken Link
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0114.html
Exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/28/5
Exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/29/6
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969421
Mailing List
https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdeplasma-addons/repository/revisions/36a1fe49cb70f717c4a6e9eeee2c9186503a8dce
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