CVE-1999-1049

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

ARCserve NT agents use weak encryption (XOR) for passwords, which allows remote attackers to sniff the authentication request to port 6050 and decrypt the password.

ARCserve NT agents use weak encryption (XOR) for passwords, which allows remote attackers to sniff the authentication request to port 6050 and decrypt the password.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 26 years ago

1999-02-21 05:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:00:00

Affected Software

Computer Associates 1ArcServe Backup

References

19990222 Severe Security Hole in ARCserve NT agents (fwd)

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