CVE-1999-1072

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1998-11-30 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1072, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1072

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C