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CVE-2023-32784 (GCVE-0-2023-32784)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-15 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-23 19:29
VLAI
Summary
In KeePass 2.x before 2.54, it is possible to recover the cleartext master password from a memory dump, even when a workspace is locked or no longer running. The memory dump can be a KeePass process dump, swap file (pagefile.sys), hibernation file (hiberfil.sys), or RAM dump of the entire system. The first character cannot be recovered. In 2.54, there is different API usage and/or random string insertion for mitigation.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-23 19:26 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Assigner
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