Vulnerability in Counterpane Passwordsafe
CVE-2005-3801
CounterPane PasswordSafe 1.x and 2.x allows local users to test possible encryption keys against a subset of the stored key data without performing the more expensive key derivation function (KDF) function, which reduces the search time in brute force attacks.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (10.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Counterpane Passwordsafe — versions 1.9.0, 1.9.1a, 1.9.2
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15455 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/21244 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/190 (third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)