CVE-1999-1540 — LOW severity vulnerability (shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock uses weak encryptio)
shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) which allows attackers to easily decrypt and obtain the source code.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1540 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1999-10-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) which allows attackers to easily decrypt and obtain the source code. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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