Low severity · published May 9, 2020
CVE-2020-12755
fishProtocol::establishConnection in fish/fish.cpp in KDE kio-extras through 20.04.0 makes a cacheAuthentication call even if the user had not set the keepPassword option
3.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
fishProtocol::establishConnection in fish/fish.cpp in KDE kio-extras through 20.04.0 makes a cacheAuthentication call even if the user had not set the keepPassword option. This may lead to unintended KWallet storage of a password.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
Kio-extras · Kde
through 20.04.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12755
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12755
Mailing List
https://commits.kde.org/kio-extras/d813cef3cecdec9af1532a40d677a203ff979145
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