{"id":"CVE-2001-1546","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2001-1546","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:39:46.398Z","title":"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.","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":"2001-12-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:56:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-326"],"affected":["mckesson/pathways homecare"],"epss":{"score":0.00413,"percentile":0.35326,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2001-12-07","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":21173,"kind":"exploit","title":"McKesson Pathways Homecare 6.5 - Weak 'Username' and Password Encryption","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21173","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/21173.pl","file":"exploits/windows/local/21173.pl","published":"2001-12-07","added":"2001-12-07","updated":"2012-09-09","author":"shoeboy","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2001-1546","OSVDB-20274"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3653/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7682.php","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244367","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3653","tags":["Broken Link","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7682.php","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244367","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3653","tags":["Broken Link","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1546","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}