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CVE-2001-0984

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-09-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Password Safe 1.7(1) leaves cleartext passwords in memory when a user copies the password to the clipboard and minimizes Password Safe with the "Clear the password when minimized" and "Lock password database on minimize and prompt on restore" options enabled, which could allow an attacker with access to the memory (e.g. an administrator) to read the passwords.

Affected products

• Counterpane Password Safe: 1.7.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/213931
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3337
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7123
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/213931
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3337
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7123

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