CVE-2005-1617 describes a vulnerability in Willings WebCam and WebCam Lite versions 2.8 and earlier, where the software stores user passwords in plaintext within memory. This allows local attackers to easily retrieve sensitive authentication information. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact limited to confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:willings:webcam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:willings:webcam_lite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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