Vulnerability CVE-2000-0492
Published: 2000-06-04   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Passwd -> Passwd 

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