CVE-2001-0549: Symantec Liveupdate

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Symantec LiveUpdate 1.5 stores proxy passwords in cleartext in a registry key, which could allow local users to obtain the passwords.

Affected products

• Symantec Liveupdate: version 1.5 only

Published 2001-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.