CVE-2015-8378

high

Published 2017-04-10 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

VIR risk

7.5

Description

In KeePassX before 0.4.4, a cleartext copy of password data is created upon a cancel of an XML export action. This allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the .xml dotfile.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0.4.3+dfsg-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0.4.3+dfsg-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.4.3+dfsg-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
keepassx_project	keepassx	`{"endIncluding":"0.4.3"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.