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CVE-2013-1430

An issue was discovered in xrdp before 0.9.1. When successfully logging in using RDP into an xrdp...

9.8 CriticalFix available

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

1.33%Up 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

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 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV: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 CriticalCVSS: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 CriticalCVSS: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 CriticalCVSS: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 CriticalCVSS: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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xrdp
Debian:12
before 0.9.1~2016121126+git5171fa7-1
0.9.1~2016121126+git5171fa7-1
xrdp
Debian:13
before 0.9.1~2016121126+git5171fa7-1
0.9.1~2016121126+git5171fa7-1
xrdp
Debian:14
before 0.9.1~2016121126+git5171fa7-1
0.9.1~2016121126+git5171fa7-1
xrdp
SUSE: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
xrdp
SUSE: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
xrdp
SUSE: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
xrdp
SUSE: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
xrdp
SUSE: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
xrdp
SUSE: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
xrdp
SUSE: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
xrdp
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
0.6.0-1
0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1
xrdp
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
0.6.1-2
0.6.1-2ubuntu0.1
xrdp
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0.9.15-2.2
0.9.15-2.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE 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.

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