CVE-1999-1277

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 1998-12-24 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1277, 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

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1277

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