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CVE-2004-0653

Status: ModifiedLow (2.1)—

Solaris 9, when configured as a Kerberos client with patch 112908-12 or 115168-03 and using pam_krb5 as an "auth" module with the debug feature enabled, records passwords in plaintext, which could allow local users to gain other user's passwords by reading log files.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

SUN — Solaris

CWEs

References

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