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CVE-1999-1277

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1998-12-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

BackWeb client stores the username and password in cleartext for proxy authentication in the Communication registry key, which could allow other local users to gain privileges by reading the password.

Affected products

• Backweb Technologies Backweb Client: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=91487886514546&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1565
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=91487886514546&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1565

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