Vulnerabilities > CVE-2000-0492 - Unspecified vulnerability in Passwd 1.2

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
passwd
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2000-06-04
Updated: 2008-09-10

Summary

PassWD 1.2 uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) to store passwords, which allows an attacker who can read the password file to easliy decrypt the passwords.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Passwd
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionPassWD 1.2 Weak Encryption Vulnerability. CVE-2000-0492. Local exploit for windows platform
idEDB-ID:19989
last seen2016-02-02
modified2000-06-04
published2000-06-04
reporterDaniel Roethlisberger
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/19989/
titlePassWD 1.2 Weak Encryption Vulnerability

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