CVE-2013-1430
An issue was discovered in xrdp before 0.9.1. When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp...
An issue was discovered in xrdp before 0.9.1. When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd is created. Its content is the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
An issue was discovered in xrdp before 0.9.1. When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd is created. Its content is the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key.
- Record
CVE-2013-1430- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in xrdp before 0.9.1. When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd is created. Its content is the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key.
- Record
CVE-2013-1430- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-1468 No score
An issue was discovered in xrdp before 0.9.1. When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd is created. Its content is the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key.
- Record
EUVD-2013-1468- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-26xv-5c8j-w237
9.8
An issue was discovered in xrdp before 0.9.1. When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp...
An issue was discovered in xrdp before 0.9.1. When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd is created. Its content is the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key.
- Record
GHSA-26xv-5c8j-w237- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
9.8
An issue was discovered in xrdp before 0.9.1. When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd is created. Its content is the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key.
- Record
CVE-2013-1430- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-1430
9.8
An issue was discovered in xrdp before 0.9.1. When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd is created. Its content is the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1430- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2013-1430
9.8
An issue was discovered in xrdp before 0.9.1. When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd is created. Its content is the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1430- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11526-1 No score
libpainter0-0.9.15-2.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the libpainter0-0.9.15-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11526-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:1847-1 No score
Security update for xrdp
This update for xrdp fixes the following issues:
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2013-1430: When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd was created. Its content was the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key (bsc#1015567).
- CVE-2017-16927: The scp_v0s_accept function in sesman/libscp/libscp_v0.c in the session manager in xrdp through used an untrusted integer as a write length, which could lead to a local denial of service (bsc#1069591).
- CVE-2017-6967: Fixed call of the PAM function auth_start_session(). This lead to to PAM session modules not being properly initialized, with a potential consequence of incorrect configurations or elevation of privileges, aka a pam_limits.so bypass (bsc#1029912).
These non-security issues were fixed:
- The KillDisconnected option for TigerVNC Xvnc sessions is now supported (bsc#1101506)
- Fixed an issue with delayed X KeyRelease events (bsc#1100453)
- Force xrdp-sesman.service to start after xrdp.service. (bsc#1014524)
- Avoid use of hard-coded sesman port. (bsc#1060644)
- Fixed a regression connecting from Windows 10. (bsc#1090174)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2019:1847-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:1860-1 No score
Security update for xrdp
This update for xrdp fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2013-1430: When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp session, the file ~/.vnc/sesman_${username}_passwd was created. Its content was the equivalent of the user's cleartext password, DES encrypted with a known key (bsc#1015567).
- CVE-2017-16927: The scp_v0s_accept function in sesman/libscp/libscp_v0.c in the session manager in xrdp through used an untrusted integer as a write length, which could lead to a local denial of service (bsc#1069591).
- CVE-2017-6967: Fixed call of the PAM function auth_start_session(). This lead to to PAM session modules not being properly initialized, with a potential consequence of incorrect configurations or elevation of privileges, aka a pam_limits.so bypass (bsc#1029912).
Other issues addressed:
- The KillDisconnected option for TigerVNC Xvnc sessions is now supported (bsc#1101506)
- Fixed an issue with delayed X KeyRelease events (bsc#1100453)
- Force xrdp-sesman.service to start after xrdp.service. (bsc#1014524)
- Avoid use of hard-coded sesman port. (bsc#1060644)
- Backport upstream commit 5575197, sesman should stop setting LANG and let initialization scripts take care of it (bsc#1023988).
- Backport upstream patches for 32bpp support (bsc#1022098).
- Fixed a regression connecting from Windows 10. (bsc#1090174)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2019:1860-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xrdpDebian:12 |
before 0.9.1~2016121126+git5171fa7-1 | 0.9.1~2016121126+git5171fa7-1 |
xrdpDebian:13 |
before 0.9.1~2016121126+git5171fa7-1 | 0.9.1~2016121126+git5171fa7-1 |
xrdpDebian:14 |
before 0.9.1~2016121126+git5171fa7-1 | 0.9.1~2016121126+git5171fa7-1 |
xrdpSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.9.1 | 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.9.1 |
xrdpSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.9.1 | 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.9.1 |
xrdpSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.9.1 | 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-21.9.1 |
xrdpSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.9.3 | 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.9.3 |
xrdpSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.9.3 | 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.9.3 |
xrdpSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.9.3 | 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.9.3 |
xrdpSUSE:Enterprise Storage 4 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.9.3 | 0.9.0~git.1456906198.f422461-16.9.3 |
xrdpUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 0.6.0-1 |
0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1 |
xrdpUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 0.6.1-2 |
0.6.1-2ubuntu0.1 |
xrdpopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0.9.15-2.2 | 0.9.15-2.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2013-1430 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Neutrinolabs Xrdp, published December 16, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.33%, the 71st percentile. Fixed in xrdp 0.9.1~2016121126+git5171fa7-1.
References
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1430
github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/497
securityfocus.com/bid/94958
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1430
github.com/advisories/GHSA-26xv-5c8j-w237
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20191847-1
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bugzilla.suse.com/1014524
bugzilla.suse.com/1015567
bugzilla.suse.com/1029912
bugzilla.suse.com/1060644
bugzilla.suse.com/1069591
bugzilla.suse.com/1090174
bugzilla.suse.com/1100453
bugzilla.suse.com/1101506
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1430
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16927
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6967
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20191860-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1022098
bugzilla.suse.com/1023988
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1430
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1430
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-4044