Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0492

Title: PassWD 1.2 uses trivial encoding for stored passwords

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-0492

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jun 04, 2000

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.19%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0492: PassWD 1.2 uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) to store passwords, which allows an attacker who can read the password file to easliy decrypt the passwords.

Impacted Vendors

passwd 1

horde 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0450.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1300 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0450.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1300

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0492 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19989

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 04, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.