CVE-2002-0343 describes a vulnerability in Hotline Client 1.8.5, affecting hotline_communications and hotline_connect products. This flaw involves the storage of sensitive user information, including passwords, in plaintext within the bookmarks file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating a low-complexity local attack vector where an unauthenticated attacker with file system access could gain privileges by extracting these passwords. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hotline_communications:hotline_connect:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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