CVE-2000-0492 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (PassWD 1.2 uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) to store)
PassWD 1.2 uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) to store passwords, which allows an attacker who can read the password file to easliy decrypt the passwords.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-0492 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-06-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | PassWD 1.2 uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) to store passwords, which allows an attacker who can read the password file to easliy decrypt the passwords. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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