CVE-2025-27459

Published Jul 3, 2025

Last updated 15 days ago

CVSS medium 4.4

Overview

Description
The VNC application stores its passwords encrypted within the registry but uses DES for encryption. As DES is broken, the original passwords can be recovered.
Source
psirt@sick.de
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
4.4
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
0.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

psirt@sick.de
CWE-257

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

  1. CVE-2025-27459 The VNC application stores its passwords encrypted within the registry but uses DES for encryption. As DES is broken, the original passwords can be recovered. https://t.co/uRjxllOpuI

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References

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