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CVE-2000-0492

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2000-06-04 Modified: 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 Platforms

Passwd Passwd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References