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CVE-2001-0983

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0983 describes a weak encryption vulnerability in UltraEdit and UltraEdit-32, where FTP passwords stored in the uedit32.ini file can be easily decrypted. This local vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating that an attacker with local access can read the configuration file to gain unauthorized access to FTP credentials, potentially leading to privilege escalation. While no active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules exist, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-21091) confirms the feasibility of exploiting this weak encryption. There is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ultraedit:ultraedit-32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21091 · Aug 23, 2001
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
eve-software.com / security/ueditpw.html
ExploitVendor Advisory