Vulnerability in Symantec Liveupdate
CVE-2001-0549
Symantec LiveUpdate 1.5 stores proxy passwords in cleartext in a registry key, which could allow local users to obtain the passwords.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Symantec Liveupdate — versions 1.5
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814187 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7013 (vdb-entry)
- www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001_07_20.html (Vendor Advisory)