CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-2898

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2005-09-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-09-14
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor. FileZilla 2.2.14b and 2.2.15, and possibly earlier versions, when "Use secure mode" is disabled, uses a weak encryption scheme to store the user's password in the configuration settings file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information. NOTE: the vendor has disputed the issue, stating that "the problem is not a vulnerability at all, but in fact a fundamental issue of every single program that can store passwords transparently.

Affected configurations

• filezilla filezilla 2.2.14b • filezilla filezilla 2.2.15

References