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CVE-2002-0343

Hotline Client 1.8.5 stores sensitive user information, including passwords, in plaintext in the...

4.6 Medium

Hotline Client 1.8.5 stores sensitive user information, including passwords, in plaintext in the bookmarks file, which could allow local users with access to the bookmarks file to gain privileges by extracting the passwords.

Exploit likelihood

0.43%Down 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.6

Hotline Client 1.8.5 stores sensitive user information, including passwords, in plaintext in the bookmarks file, which could allow local users with access to the bookmarks file to gain privileges by extracting the passwords.

Record
CVE-2002-0343
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Hotline Client 1.8.5 stores sensitive user information, including passwords, in plaintext in the bookmarks file, which could allow local users with access to the bookmarks file to gain privileges by extracting the passwords.

Record
CVE-2002-0343
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2002-0340 No score

Hotline Client 1.8.5 stores sensitive user information, including passwords, in plaintext in the bookmarks file, which could allow local users with access to the bookmarks file to gain privileges by extracting the passwords.

Record
EUVD-2002-0340
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r4rm-fp8q-jq3x No score

Hotline Client 1.8.5 stores sensitive user information, including passwords, in plaintext in the...

Hotline Client 1.8.5 stores sensitive user information, including passwords, in plaintext in the bookmarks file, which could allow local users with access to the bookmarks file to gain privileges by extracting the passwords.

Record
GHSA-r4rm-fp8q-jq3x
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2002-0343 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Hotline Communications Connect, published May 3, 2002. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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