CVE-1999-1049 describes a critical vulnerability in Broadcom ARCserve Backup agents, where weak XOR encryption is used for passwords during authentication. This allows remote attackers to easily sniff and decrypt authentication requests on port 6050, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:arcserve_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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