Excite for Web Servers (EWS) 1.1 records the first two characters of a plaintext password in the beginning of the encrypted password, which makes it easier for an attacker to guess passwords via a brute force or dictionary attack.
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91248445931140&w=2 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.681Z
Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-1999-1073

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Status : Deferred
Published: 1998-11-30T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-1999-1073

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