CVE-2001-1005 describes a weak encryption vulnerability in Starfish Truesync Desktop 2.0b, specifically impacting its use on the REX 5000 PDA. The software stores user passwords in a registry key using easily decryptable encryption, allowing attackers with registry access to compromise user credentials and gain unauthorized privileges. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a significant risk due to its network-accessible, low-complexity attack vector and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered notable community discussion, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:starfish:truesync_desktop:2.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.