CVE-1999-1072

Excite Ew — NVD-CWE-Other

EPSS 0.00183
  • Published: 1998-11-30T05:00:00.000
  • Last modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
  • Vendors: Excite
  • Products: Ew
  • CWE: NVD-CWE-Other

CVE-1999-1072 — Excite for Web Servers (EWS) 1.1 allows local users to gain privileges by obtaining the encrypted password from the world-readable Architext.conf authentication file and replaying the encrypted password in an HTTP request to AT-generated.cgi or AT-admin.cgi. [Weakness: NVD-CWE-Other]

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EPSS: n/a   |   KEV: not listed

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Excite for Web Servers (EWS) 1.1 allows local users to gain privileges by obtaining the encrypted password from the world-readable Architext.conf authentication file and replaying the encrypted password in an HTTP request to AT-generated.cgi or AT-admin.cgi.

🧠 Explainer: What this vulnerability means

Summary: This vulnerability affects Ew by Excite (CWE: unspecified).

Impact: Systems could be compromised, leading to confidentiality, integrity, or availability loss.

Mitigation: Apply the latest vendor patch or update to a fixed version; disable vulnerable modules where possible.

CWE: NVD-CWE-Other
Excite Ew

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