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CVE-2000-0492

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
04/06/2000
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:passwd:passwd:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools