CVE-2001-0983

Summary

CVE	CVE-2001-0983
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	mitre
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2001-08-31 04:00:00 UTC
Updated	2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Description	UltraEdit uses weak encryption to record FTP passwords in the uedit32.ini file, which allows local users who can read the file to decrypt the passwords and gain privileges.

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

Access Vector

Local

Access Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

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

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Ultraedit	Ultraedit-32	All	All	All	All

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
www.eve-software.com/security/ueditpw.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.eve-software.com	Exploit, Vendor Advisory
marc.info	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	marc.info
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

Organization	Published	Contributor	Statement
UltraEdit	2012-03-06	UltraEdit	We include an option, by design, that allows the user to not save the password, and instead enter the password on a per FTP session basis. This would provide the highest level of security. If the user decides to have UltraEdit save the FTP password in the INI, it is encrypted for the benefit of the user moving their settings from one system to another. However, even with the highest level of encryption of the saved password, if the user decides to save their password in the INI, there will always be a level of vulnerability as a result of the users decision to save the password.

There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.