Vulnerability identifier: #VU95806
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Scikit-learn
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Vendor: scikit-learn.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in TfidfVectorizer, which includes sensitive information such as tokens into the training data set. A local user can run the application with the default arguments except that we limit the vocabulary size and gain access to sensitive information.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Scikit-learn: 0.1 - 1.4.2
Scikit-learn:
External links
http://huntr.com/bounties/14bc0917-a85b-4106-a170-d09d5191517c
http://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/commit/70ca21f106b603b611da73012c9ade7cd8e438b8
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.