CVE-1999-1072 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Excite for Web Servers (EWS) version 1.1. Local users can exploit this by accessing the world-readable Architext.conf file to retrieve an encrypted password. This password can then be replayed in HTTP requests to AT-generated.cgi or AT-admin.cgi to gain elevated privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a significant risk. Its attack vector is local (AV:L) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication required (Au:N), leading to complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:C/I:C/A:C). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates, or ExploitDB entries. The CVE also lacks community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it has not garnered significant attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:excite:ews:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.