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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1054 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.681Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1073

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1998-11-30T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1073

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