CVE-2016-5746 describes a vulnerability in libstorage, libstorage-ng, and yast-storage components of openSUSE and YaST, where passphrases for encrypted storage devices are insecurely stored in temporary files on disk. This flaw allows local attackers to potentially retrieve sensitive information by accessing these temporary files, such as /tmp/libstorage-XXXXXX/pwdf. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.1 (MEDIUM), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, but a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:libstorage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:libstorage-ng:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yast:yast-storage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.