CVE-2013-1430 describes a critical vulnerability in xrdp versions prior to 0.9.1, affecting Debian and Neutrinolabs xrdp implementations. Upon successful RDP login, the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key, is stored in ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:neutrinolabs:xrdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.