CVE-2013-2120 (GCVE-0-2013-2120)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-11 19:03 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:27
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Summary
The %{password(...)} macro in pastemacroexpander.cpp in the KDE Paste Applet before 4.10.5 in kdeplasma-addons does not properly generate passwords, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication via a brute-force attack.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Insufficient Random Number Generation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a KDE Paste Applet Affected: before 4.10.5
Date Public
2013-05-28 00:00
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