CVE-2008-5188 (GCVE-0-2008-5188)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-21 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The (1) ecryptfs-setup-private, (2) ecryptfs-setup-confidential, and (3) ecryptfs-setup-pam-wrapped.sh scripts in ecryptfs-utils 45 through 61 in eCryptfs place cleartext passwords on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
14 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/23/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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| https://launchpad.net/bugs/287908 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/mhalcro… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://osvdb.org/50355 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32382 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://osvdb.org/50354 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://osvdb.org/49334 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/36552 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
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Date Public
2008-10-23 00:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
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Nomenclature
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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