What is CVE-2024-42012?

CVE-2024-42012 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2025-01-22.

How severe is CVE-2024-42012?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in N/a

CVE-2024-42012

GRAU DATA Blocky before 3.1 stores passwords encrypted rather than hashed. At the login screen, the user's password is compared to the user's decrypted cleartext password. An attacker with Windows admin or debugging rights can therefore steal the user's Blocky password and from there impersonate that local user.

EPSS: 0.001 (4.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org
cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42012?: CVE-2024-42012 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2025-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-42012?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.