CVE-2001-1464 describes a cleartext password vulnerability in Crystal Reports, specifically affecting businessobjects crystal_reports. When displaying data from a password-protected database via HTML pages, Crystal Reports embeds the username and password directly in the HTML and URL, making them easily accessible. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive credentials with low attack complexity, potentially leading to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:businessobjects:crystal_reports:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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