CVEvulnerability
CVE-1999-1078
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 1999-07-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
WS_FTP Pro 6.0 uses weak encryption for passwords in its initialization files, which allows remote attackers to easily decrypt the passwords and gain privileges.
Affected configurations
• ipswitch ws ftp pro 6.0
References
- http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind9907&L=ntbugtraq&D=0&P=10370&F=P Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/547 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind9907&L=ntbugtraq&D=0&P=10370&F=P Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/547 www.securityfocus.com