Vulnerability in Hotline Communications Connect
CVE-2002-0343
Hotline Client 1.8.5 stores sensitive user information, including passwords, in plaintext in the bookmarks file, which could allow local users with access to the bookmarks file to gain privileges by extracting 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 (34.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.7% 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
- Hotline Communications Connect — versions 1.8.5
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4210 (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8327.php (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)