Vulnerability CVE-2008-7320
Published: 2018-11-18

Description:
** DISPUTED ** GNOME Seahorse through 3.30 allows physically proximate attackers to read plaintext passwords by using the quickAllow dialog at an unattended workstation, if the keyring is unlocked. NOTE: this is disputed by a software maintainer because the behavior represents a design decision.

Type:

CWE-255

 (Credentials Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Gnome -> Seahorse 

 References:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/189774
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/189774/comments/13
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551036
https://www.bountysource.com/issues/3849352-seahorse-shows-passwords-without-verification
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