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CVE-2001-0768
GuildFTPd 0.9.7 stores user names and passwords in plaintext in the default.usr file, which allows local users to gain privileges as other…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.33%
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- mitre
Description
GuildFTPd 0.9.7 stores user names and passwords in plaintext in the default.usr file, which allows local users to gain privileges as other FTP users by reading the file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- guildftpd-usr-plaintext-passwords(6611) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 2792 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20010526 GuildFTPD v0.97 Directory Traversal / Weak password encryption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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