CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0406

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

PalmVNC 1.40 and earlier stores passwords in plaintext in the PalmVNCDB, which is backed up to PCs that the Palm is synchronized with. This could allow attackers to gain privileges.

Risk Assessment

Storing passwords in plaintext poses a risk that unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive data and systems.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update PalmVNC to the latest version that improves password storage security and to implement additional data protection measures.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

PalmVNC 1.40 and earlier stores passwords in plaintext in the PalmVNCDB, which is backed up to PCs that the Palm is synchronized with, which could allow attackers to gain privileges.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS