What is CVE-2001-1546?

CVE-2001-1546 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mckesson Pathways Homecare, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2001-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2001-1546?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mckesson Pathways Homecare

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 2001-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.0% 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

Mckesson Pathways Homecare — versions 6.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

www.iss.net/security_center/static/7682.php (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/3653 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244367 (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2001-1546?: CVE-2001-1546 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mckesson Pathways Homecare, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2001-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2001-1546?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.