PT-1999-1773 · Cactus · Cactus Software Shell Lock

Published 1999-10-04 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-1999-1540

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Cactus Software Shell Lock (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns the use of weak encryption, specifically trivial encoding, in the shell-lock feature. This weakness allows attackers to easily decrypt and obtain the source code.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1540

Affected Products

Cactus Software Shell Lock

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1540 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3356 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93916168802365&w=2 · Note
• http://atstake.com/research/advisories/1999/shell-lock.txt · Note