CVE-2019-12171

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    CVE-2019-12171

    Published: 8 Jul 2019Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Dropbox.exe (and QtWebEngineProcess.exe in the Web Helper) in the Dropbox desktop application 71.4.108.0 store cleartext credentials in memory upon successful login or new account creation. These are not securely freed in the running process.

    References: , https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DCGurwRTu0HsUpTglVR0jgItZNqqDm_5, https://drive.google.com/open?id=1msz6pb08crPC0VT7s_Z_KTsKm9CbLJEXNsmRwzoNLy8

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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