01 Record
CVE-2000-0492
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 67.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2000-07-12 04:00Z26 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-07-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a5784363646c863d55899cd7cd186a52dc1a8550066b0afadc7ed655870a2ca7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com1300http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1300
- archives.neohapsis.com20000609 Insecure encryption in PassWD v1.2http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0450.html