CVE-2001-1546: 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…

PriorityP424high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EXPLOIT

EPSS

0.41%

33.0th percentile

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.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mckesson	pathways_homecare	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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