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Status published
Medium
CVE-2000-0492
PassWD 1.2 uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) to store passwords,...
Vulnerability 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 Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
passwd
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passwd
Vulnerable Versions:
1.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 12th, 2000
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 17th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.