CVE-1999-1073

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…

published September 12, 2001

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00368 · 29.5th percentile
Published
2001-09-12T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 SEP 04:00Z
    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…
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