VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-7272

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.89%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Primary references