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.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 0.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 7 December 2001
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-326
- Affected
- mckesson/pathways homecare
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7682.phpBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244367Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3653Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7682.phpBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244367Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3653Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.