CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-2599

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Hummingbird FTP for Connectivity 10.0 uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) to store the user's password in the FTP profile, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with access to the FTP profile files can read the user's password and take over their account, leading to unauthorized system access.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the software to a version that uses secure password storage methods, or manually protect the FTP profile files from unauthorized access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Hummingbird FTP for Connectivity 10.0 uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) to store the user's password in the FTP profile, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

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