CVE-2012-6655
accountsservice: local encrypted password disclosure when changing password
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Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · September 17, 2012
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
An issue exists AccountService 0.6.37 in the user_change_password_authorized_cb() function in user.c which could let a local users obtain encrypted passwords.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE not specified