CVE-2001-1546 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2005-07-14

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mckesson:pathways_homecare:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00106.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7682.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244367
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3653

History

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mckesson Pathways Homecare

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-07-14T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-16T19:33:06.252Z

Reserved: 2005-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1546

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:11.457Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1546

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-326

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