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Labels: Type-Defect Priority-Medium
New issue 317 by troseph: Encryption Passphrase Stored Unprotected in Memory
https://code.google.com/p/vim/issues/detail?id=317
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Open Vim Encrypted File
2.Enter Passphrase
3.Dump heap memory for VIM process
4.Extract strings from memory dump
5.Find the encryption passphrase in plain text.
What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I would assume I wouldn't be able to see my passphrase saved in history in
plain text.
What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Aug 12 2013 00:23:19)
Modified by [email protected]
Compiled by buildd@
Huge version without GUI.
Linux Mint - Trusty
Please provide any additional information below.
Demonstration:
http://blog.troseph.com/page.php?id=20150115162624
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