CVE-2000-0492

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Passwd: 1.2

References

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

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