CVE-1999-1072

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.42%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 1998-11-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-1999-1072

Severity

HIGH

CVSS

7.2

EPSS

0.42%

Original NVD Description

Excite for Web Servers (EWS) 1.1 allows local users to gain privileges by obtaining the encrypted password from the world-readable Architext.conf authentication file and replaying the encrypted password in an HTTP request to AT-generated.cgi or AT-admin.cgi.