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CVE-2001-1546 (GCVE-0-2001-1546)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-07-14 04:00 – Updated: 2025-01-16 19:33
VLAI
Summary
Pathways Homecare 6.5 uses weak encryption for user names and passwords, which allows local users to gain privileges by recovering the passwords from the pwhc.ini file.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-16 19:32 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-326 - Inadequate Encryption Strength
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3653 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244367 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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