CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-40454

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Oct 13, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Rich Text Edit Control Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
365_appsMicrosoft- (including)- (including)
OfficeMicrosoft2013-sp1 (including)2013-sp1 (including)
OfficeMicrosoft2013_rt-sp1 (including)2013_rt-sp1 (including)
OfficeMicrosoft2016 (including)2016 (including)
OfficeMicrosoft2019 (including)2019 (including)
OfficeMicrosoft2021 (including)2021 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_10Microsoft20h2 (including)20h2 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft21h1 (including)21h1 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1607 (including)1607 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1809 (including)1809 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft1909 (including)1909 (including)
Windows_10Microsoft2004 (including)2004 (including)
Windows_11Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_8.1Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_rt_8.1Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_serverMicrosoft20h2 (including)20h2 (including)
Windows_serverMicrosoft2004 (including)2004 (including)
Windows_server_2012Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_2012Microsoftr2 (including)r2 (including)
Windows_server_2016Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_2019Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_2022Microsoft**

Potential Mitigations

References