VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-1999-1073
CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.37%
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 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.