CVE-2008-7272 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2008-7272

FireGPG before 0.6 handle user’s passphrase and decrypted cleartext insecurely...

Vulnerability Description

FireGPG before 0.6 handle user’s passphrase and decrypted cleartext insecurely by writing pre-encrypted cleartext and the user's passphrase to disk which may result in the compromise of secure communication or a users’s private key.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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CVE-2008-7273
A symlink issue exists in Iceweasel-firegpg before 0.6 due to...
High 7.8

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

firegpg
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 7th, 2019
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.