PT-2001-1751 · Symantec · Symantec Liveupdate

Published 2001-08-14 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2001-0549

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Symantec LiveUpdate version 1.5

Description: The issue allows local users to obtain passwords because they are stored in cleartext in a registry key.

Recommendations: For Symantec LiveUpdate version 1.5, consider restricting access to the registry key where the proxy passwords are stored to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0549

Affected Products

Symantec Liveupdate

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0549 · Security Note
• http://sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001_07_20.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814187 · Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7013 · Note