CVE-2015-8378 (GCVE-0-2015-8378)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-10 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:13
VLAI?
Summary
In KeePassX before 0.4.4, a cleartext copy of password data is created upon a cancel of an XML export action. This allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the .xml dotfile.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/791858 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.keepassx.org/changelog x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public ?
2017-04-10 00:00
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