PasswordSafe 3.0 beta, when running on Windows before XP, uses a weak random number generator (C++ rand function) during generation of the database encryption key, which makes it easier for attackers to decrypt the database and steal passwords by generating keys for all possible rand() seed values and conducting a known plaintext attack.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-03-24T02:00:00

Updated: 2018-10-18T14:57:01

Reserved: 2006-03-23T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2006-1378

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-03-24T02:02:00.000

Modified: 2018-10-18T16:32:25.013


Link: CVE-2006-1378

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