{"id":"CVE-2005-2898","aliases":["EUVD-2005-2898","GHSA-927p-j9gg-9h8q"],"status":"disputed","title":"** DISPUTED ** NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor.  FileZilla 2.2.14b and 2.2.15,...","description":"NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor.  FileZilla 2.2.14b and 2.2.15, and possibly earlier versions, when \"Use secure mode\" is disabled, uses a weak encryption scheme to store the user's password in the configuration settings file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.  NOTE: the vendor has disputed the issue, stating that \"the problem is not a vulnerability at all, but in fact a fundamental issue of every single program that can store passwords transparently.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.00495,"percentile":0.42775,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"published":"2005-09-14T04:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:15:52Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-26220","title":"FileZilla 2.2.15 - FTP Client Hard-Coded Cipher Key","type":"dos","platform":"windows","date":"2005-09-02","verified":true,"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26220"}],"products":[{"vendor":"filezilla","product":"filezilla"}],"references":[{"url":"http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1328","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22135","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14730","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Exploit"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=112577523810442\u0026w=2","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=112605448327521\u0026w=2","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2898"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-927p-j9gg-9h8q"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2005-2898","description":"NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor.  FileZilla 2.2.14b and 2.2.15, and possibly earlier versions, when \"Use secure mode\" is disabled, uses a weak encryption scheme to store the user's password in the configuration settings file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.  NOTE: the vendor has disputed the issue, stating that \"the problem is not a vulnerability at all, but in fact a fundamental issue of every single program that can store passwords transparently.","status":"disputed","published":"2005-09-14T04:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T22:53:30.281Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:38.187792Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2005-2898","description":"NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor.  FileZilla 2.2.14b and 2.2.15, and possibly earlier versions, when \"Use secure mode\" is disabled, uses a weak encryption scheme to store the user's password in the configuration settings file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.  NOTE: the vendor has disputed the issue, stating that \"the problem is not a vulnerability at all, but in fact a fundamental issue of every single program that can store passwords transparently.","status":"published","published":"2005-09-14T04:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T22:53:30Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:15:28.669844Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-927p-j9gg-9h8q","title":"** DISPUTED ** NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor.  FileZilla 2.2.14b and 2.2.15,...","description":"** DISPUTED ** NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor.  FileZilla 2.2.14b and 2.2.15, and possibly earlier versions, when \"Use secure mode\" is disabled, uses a weak encryption scheme to store the user's password in the configuration settings file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.  NOTE: the vendor has disputed the issue, stating that \"the problem is not a vulnerability at all, but in fact a fundamental issue of every single program that can store passwords transparently.\"","status":"published","published":"2022-05-01T02:12:33Z","modified":"2023-01-30T05:07:13Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:47:39.345737Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2005-2898","description":"NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor.  FileZilla 2.2.14b and 2.2.15, and possibly earlier versions, when \"Use secure mode\" is disabled, uses a weak encryption scheme to store the user's password in the configuration settings file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.  NOTE: the vendor has disputed the issue, stating that \"the problem is not a vulnerability at all, but in fact a fundamental issue of every single program that can store passwords transparently.","status":"disputed","published":"2005-09-14T20:03:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:15:52.847Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:00:56.902692Z"}]}}