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CVE-2004-1171
KDE 3.2.x and 3.3.0 through 3.3.2, when saving credentials that are (1) manually entered by the user or (2) created by the SMB protocol…
Low2.1EPSS 0.45%
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- mitre
Description
KDE 3.2.x and 3.3.0 through 3.3.2, when saving credentials that are (1) manually entered by the user or (2) created by the SMB protocol handler, stores those credentials for plaintext in the user's .desktop file, which may be created with world-readable permissions, which could allow local users to obtain usernames and passwords for remote resources such as SMB shares.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (16)
- 13486 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#305294 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 11866 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1012471 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- P-051 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 20041129 Password Disclosure for SMB Shares in KDE's Konqueror (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 13560 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- kde-smb-password-plaintext(18267) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:150 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 20041209 KDE Security Advisory: plain text password exposure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 12248 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.sec-consult.com/index.php?id=118 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200412-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20041129 Password Disclosure for SMB Shares in KDE's Konqueror (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 13477 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041209-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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