VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-1999-1072
CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1998-11-30
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.