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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:30.619Z

Reserved: 2000-07-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-0492

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2000-06-04T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2000-0492

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