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.
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References
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91248445931140&w=2 |
History
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.681Z
Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-1999-1073
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 1998-11-30T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2016-10-18T02:00:59.613
Link: CVE-1999-1073
Redhat
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