CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-4860

7.8 HIGH Published 2005-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-327

Description

Spectrum Cash Receipting System before 6.504 uses weak cryptography (static substitution) in the PASSFILE password file, which makes it easier for local users to gain privileges by decrypting a password.

Affected configurations

• spectrumcu cash receipting system (< 6.504)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm weakness

References