PT-1998-1184 · Backweb · Backweb Client

Published 1998-12-24 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-1999-1277

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BackWeb client (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the storage of sensitive information. The BackWeb client stores the username and password in cleartext for proxy authentication in the Communication registry key. This could allow other local users to gain privileges by reading the password.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1277

Affected Products

Backweb Client

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1277 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1565 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=91487886514546&w=2 · Note