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CVE-1999-1072

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 1998-11-30 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Excite Ews

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References