CVE-2005-2599

HIGH 7.5CVE-2005-2599 · Published 17/08/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-2599 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting connectivity (hummingbird).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 66.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
connectivity hummingbird	`= 10.0`	No fix yet

Description

Hummingbird FTP for Connectivity 10.0 uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) to store the user's password in the FTP profile, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-08/0219.html · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/16430 · Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/18734
securityfocus.com/bid/14559
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21811

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