CVE-2024-42012 Weak cryptography in n/a
Attackers with local admin rights can decrypt stored passwords to impersonate users due to improper password storage in Blocky.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-42012?
CVE-2024-42012 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
GRAU DATA Blocky before 3.1 stores passwords encrypted rather than hashed. At the login screen, the user's password is compared to the user's decrypted cleartext password. An attacker with Windows admin or debugging rights can therefore steal the user's Blocky password and from there impersonate that local user.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42012?
How do I fix CVE-2024-42012?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42012 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-42012 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42012 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-828p-x24m-mvw6.