CVE-2013-1430 Information disclosure in xrdp before 0.9.1

What is CVE-2013-1430?

CVE-2013-1430 is a critical vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 16 Dec 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in xrdp before 0.9.1. When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd is created. Its content is the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key.

Weakness: CWE-255

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1430?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Neutrinolabs Xrdp.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1430?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-1430 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1430 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1430, GHSA-26xv-5c8j-w237, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1430.