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CVE-2008-5188

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-255 Credentials Management
Publication date:
21/11/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The (1) ecryptfs-setup-private, (2) ecryptfs-setup-confidential, and (3) ecryptfs-setup-pam-wrapped.sh scripts in ecryptfs-utils 45 through 61 in eCryptfs place cleartext passwords on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:48:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:56:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:57:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs_utils:60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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