CVE-2020-28924 describes a weak random number generator vulnerability in Rclone versions prior to 1.53.3, affecting products like fedoraproject fedora and rclone. This flaw resulted in the generation of predictable passwords, deterministically linked to the software's start time, significantly reducing their entropy. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to potentially decrypt sensitive data encrypted with these weak passwords due to the feasibility of creating a dictionary of possible passwords. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.53.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rclone:rclone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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