KDE Trojita 0.7 Encryption Message inadequate encryption

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A vulnerability has been found in KDE Trojita 0.7 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Encryption Handler. This manipulation as part of Message causes inadequate encryption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2019-10734. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability has been found in KDE Trojita 0.7 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Encryption Handler. The manipulation as part of a Message leads to a inadequate encryption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-326. The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In KDE Trojita 0.7, an attacker in possession of S/MIME or PGP encrypted emails can wrap them as sub-parts within a crafted multipart email. The encrypted part(s) can further be hidden using HTML/CSS or ASCII newline characters. This modified multipart email can be re-sent by the attacker to the intended receiver. If the receiver replies to this (benign looking) email, they unknowingly leak the plaintext of the encrypted message part(s) back to the attacker.

The bug was discovered 04/18/2019. The weakness was disclosed 04/07/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-10734 since 04/03/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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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• KDE

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• Trojita

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• 0.7

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://kde.org/

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