CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2001-1481

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Dec 31, 2001 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Xitami 2.4 through 2.5 b4 stores the Administrator password in plaintext in the default.aut file, whose default permissions are world-readable, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Xitami Xitami 2.4 (including) 2.5 (including)
Xitami Xitami 2.5-beta4 (including) 2.5-beta4 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References