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    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 pwhc.ini file.

    Published:Dec 31, 2001
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jul 14, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.00106
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mckesson
    Product
    Pathways Homecare

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3653http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3653https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21173

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-112 Brute Force
    CAPEC-192 Protocol Analysis
    CAPEC-20 Encryption Brute Forcing

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High