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)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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