CVE-2012-2742 describes a vulnerability in Revelation 0.4.13-2 and earlier, where the software only uses the first 32 characters of a password followed by zeros, significantly reducing password entropy. This weakness allows context-dependent attackers to more easily brute-force passwords and gain unauthorized access to keys. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it indicates a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and potentially leading to partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB modules, despite significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.4.13-2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mikel_olasagasti:revelation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mikel_olasagasti:revelation:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mikel_olasagasti:revelation:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mikel_olasagasti:revelation:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mikel_olasagasti:revelation:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.