CVE-2019-12171

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-12171
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-08 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionDropbox.exe (and QtWebEngineProcess.exe in the Web Helper) in the Dropbox desktop application 71.4.108.0 store cleartext credentials in memory upon successful login or new account creation. These are not securely freed in the running process.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-312 | CWE-522

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dropbox Dropbox 71.4.108.0 All All All
Application Dropbox Dropbox 71.4.108.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cloud Storage for Work and Home - Google Drive MISC drive.google.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
DropboxCredentialDump.mp4 - Google Drive MISC drive.google.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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