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KeePass Exploit Allows Attackers to Recover Master Passwords from Memory

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()2 min read2 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2023-24055
KeePass through 2.53 (in a default installation) allows an attacker, who has write access to the XML configuration file, to obtain the cleartext passwords by…
5.54%
CVE-2023-32784
In KeePass 2.x before 2.54, it is possible to recover the cleartext master password from a memory dump, even when a workspace is locked or no longer running
7.54%PoC

From the original article

2 min read at thehackernews.com

 Ravie Lakshmanan  May 22, 2023 Password Security / Exploit A proof-of-concept (PoC) has been made available for a security flaw impacting the KeePass password manager that could be exploited to recover a victim's master password in cleartext under specific circumstances. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-32784 , impacts KeePass versions 2. x for Windows, Linux, and macOS, and is expected to be patched in version 2.

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