CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-6410

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Mar 02, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

kpac/script.cpp in KDE kio before 5.32 and kdelibs before 4.14.30 calls the PAC FindProxyForURL function with a full https URL (potentially including Basic Authentication credentials, a query string, or PATH_INFO), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted PAC file.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Kdelibs Kde * 4.14.29 (including)
Kio Kde * 5.31 (including)
Kde4libs Ubuntu devel *
Kde4libs Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Kde4libs Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Kde4libs Ubuntu precise *
Kde4libs Ubuntu trusty *
Kde4libs Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Kde4libs Ubuntu upstream *
Kde4libs Ubuntu xenial *
Kde4libs Ubuntu yakkety *
Kio Ubuntu devel *
Kio Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Kio Ubuntu upstream *
Kio Ubuntu xenial *
Kio Ubuntu yakkety *

Potential Mitigations

References