CVE-2001-0549 Information disclosure in n/a
Medium 4.6
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2001-0549 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2001-0549 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0549 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0549/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0549/index.md)
Local attackers can read proxy passwords stored in cleartext in the registry, exposing sensitive credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0549?
CVE-2001-0549 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Symantec LiveUpdate 1.5 stores proxy passwords in cleartext in a registry key, which could allow local users to obtain the passwords.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0549?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Liveupdate.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0549?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0549 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2001-0549 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0549 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2mmc-p4xh-3fcf.