01 Record
CVE-2005-2898
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 42.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-09-14 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-09-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 04302576f392dd5c778988d5881b8e1a6b9834b0c2ae50ec75b006d2c864371e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- filezilla.sourceforge.nethttp://filezilla.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1328
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfilezilla-password-weak-encryption(22135)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22135
- www.securityfocus.com14730http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14730
- marc.info20050902 FileZilla weakly-encrypted password vulnerability: advisory + PoChttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112577523810442&w=2
- marc.info20050904 Re: FileZilla weakly-encrypted password vulnerability: advisory + PoChttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605448327521&w=2