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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 30, 1998· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1072

CVE-1999-1072

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 products

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  • Excite/Ews
    cpe:2.3:a:excite:ews:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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