CVE-2004-1171

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG JSON API Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2004-1171
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-01-10 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionKDE 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Kde Kde 3.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.2.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.2.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.2.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3.2 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All amd64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_2.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_3.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1292.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
P-051: SMB Password Disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
'Password Disclosure for SMB Shares in KDE's Konqueror' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041209-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - KDE May Disclose SMB Passwords to Remote Users Via URLs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
'KDE Security Advisory: plain text password exposure' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- kdelibs, kdebase: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
404 - Page not found! - SEC Consult af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sec-consult.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake update for kdebase/kdelibs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for kdebase/kdelibs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
KDE Plaintext Password Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for kdelibs / kdebase af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#305294 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
www.osvdb.org/12248 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report