A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in KeePass 1.32. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Database. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The entry details view function in KeePass version 1.32 inadvertently decrypts certain database entries into memory, which may result in the disclosure of sensitive information.

The bug was discovered 06/09/2017. The weakness was presented 07/17/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at keepass.info. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-1000066 since 07/10/2017. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 38 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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