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CVE-2001-1546

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-326

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.

Affected products

• Mckesson Pathways Homecare: 6.5

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7682.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244367
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3653
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7682.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244367
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3653

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