CVE-2000-0492 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2000-07-12

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:passwd:passwd:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0490	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01668.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0450.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1300

History

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Subscriptions

Passwd Passwd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-07-12T04:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2000-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0492

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

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

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

Link: CVE-2000-0492

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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