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CVE-2000-0271

read-passwd and other Lisp functions in Emacs 20 do not properly clear the history of recently typed keys, which allows an attacker to read unencrypted passwords.

Published

2000-04-18T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	emacs	20.0	Yes
Application	gnu	emacs	20.1	Yes
Application	gnu	emacs	20.2	Yes
Application	gnu	emacs	20.3	Yes
Application	gnu	emacs	20.4	Yes
Application	gnu	emacs	20.5	Yes
Application	gnu	emacs	20.6	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1125 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf%40mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1125 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf%40mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)