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: 2.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD 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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2000-0492

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Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:51:51.047

Link: CVE-2000-0492

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