CVE-2011-4447

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

The "encrypt wallet" feature in wxBitcoin and bitcoind 0.4.x before 0.4.1, and 0.5.0rc, does not properly interact with the deletion functionality of BSDDB, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain unencrypted private keys from Bitcoin wallet files by bypassing the BSDDB interface and reading entries that are marked for deletion.

The "encrypt wallet" feature in wxBitcoin and bitcoind 0.4.x before 0.4.1, and 0.5.0rc, does not properly interact with the deletion functionality of BSDDB, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain unencrypted private keys from Bitcoin wallet files by bypassing the BSDDB interface and reading entries that are marked for deletion.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 12 years ago

2012-08-06 16:55:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-03-18 17:37:00

Affected Software

Bitcoin Core 0.4.0

0.4.0

Bitcoin Core 0.4.1 Release Candidate 6

0.4.1

Bitcoin Core 0.5.0 Release Candidate

0.5.0

wxBitcoin 0.4.0

0.4.0

wxBitcoin 0.4.1 release candidate 6

0.4.1

wxBitcoin 0.5.0 release candidate

0.5.0

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