CVE-1999-1277 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (BackWeb client stores the username and password in cleartext)
BackWeb client stores the username and password in cleartext for proxy authentication in the Communication registry key, which could allow other local users to gain privileges by reading the password.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1277 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 4.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1998-12-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | BackWeb client stores the username and password in cleartext for proxy authentication in the Communication registry key, which could allow other local users to gain privileges by reading the password. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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