CVE-1999-1073

Published Nov 30, 1998

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: Excite for Web Servers (EWS) 1.1 records the first two characters of a plaintext password in the beginning of the encrypted password, which makes it easier for an attacker to guess passwords via a brute force or dictionary attack.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:excite:ews:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "5F69DC10-474D-44C8-BE36-7F77EFBB0955"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References