CVE-2005-2599

Published: Aug 17, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/a n/a

connectivity hummingbird

On-prem

Enterprise Software

hummingbirdcommercialEnterprise Software

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-08/0219.html

archives.neohapsis.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14559

securityfocus.com

http://www.osvdb.org/18734

osvdb.org

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Timeline

Published

Aug 17, 2005

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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