Name: CVE-2019-15947: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-09-05T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-15947, CWE-312, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01402

In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory. Upon a crash, it may dump a core file. If a user were to mishandle a core file, an attacker can reconstruct the user's wallet.dat file, including their private keys, via a grep "6231 0500" command.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade net-p2p/bitcoin-cli.Upgrade net-p2p/bitcoin-qt.Upgrade net-p2p/bitcoind.	Sep 30, 2020	Sep 5, 2019

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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