Keepassxc
CVE-2024-33900
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Memory data protection
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| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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KeePassXC 2.7.7 allows an attacker (who has the privileges of the victim) to recover cleartext credentials via a memory dump. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
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No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-316. KeePassXC 2.7.7 allows an attacker (who has the privileges of the victim) to recover cleartext credentials via a memory dump. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because memory-management constraints make this unavoidable in the current design and other realistic designs. Affected products include: Keepassxc.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Primary rating from Vendor (mitre) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: mitre
DescriptionCVE.org
KeePassXC 2.7.7 allows an attacker (who has the privileges of the victim) to recover cleartext credentials via a memory dump. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because memory-management constraints make this unavoidable in the current design and other realistic designs.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Issue in KeePassXC 2.7.7 allows an attacker (who has the privileges of the victim) to recover some passwords stored in t
Local privilege escalation in KeePassXC password manager allows authenticated attackers with low privileges to execute a
In KeePassXC through 2.7.5, a local attacker can make changes to the Database security settings, including master passwo
A heap use-after-free in KeePassXC's legacy KeePass1/KDB import path can crash the application and permit a limited, att
Out-of-bounds heap write in KeePassXC's browser integration (versions 2.3.0 through 2.7.12) lets a local client that alr
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