CVEs-PoC/2016/CVE-2016-5746.md

### [CVE-2016-5746](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5746)
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### Description

libstorage, libstorage-ng, and yast-storage improperly store passphrases for encrypted storage devices in a temporary file on disk, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file, as demonstrated by /tmp/libstorage-XXXXXX/pwdf.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/224

#### Github
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