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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-1277

Published: Dec 24, 1998 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1277
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Backweb_clientBackweb_technologies**

References

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