{"id":"CVE-1999-1071","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Excite for Web Servers (EWS) 1.1 installs the Architext.conf authentication file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to gain access to Excite accounts by mod","description":"Excite for Web Servers (EWS) 1.1 installs the Architext.conf authentication file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to gain access to Excite accounts by modifying the file.","publishedAt":"2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-01T17:02:53.571Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1417","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91248445931140&w=2"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:21:45.551Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/1999/1xxx/CVE-1999-1071.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-1999-1071","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-01T17:02:53.571Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Excite for Web Servers (EWS) 1.1 installs the Architext.conf authentication file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to gain access to Excite accounts by modifying the file."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1417","name":"excite-world-write(1417)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91248445931140&w=2","name":"19981130 Security bugs in Excite for Web Servers 1.1","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2017-12-18T21:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"1998-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-1999-1071","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"Excite for Web Servers (EWS) 1.1 installs the Architext.conf authentication file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to gain access to Excite accounts by modifying the file."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"excite-world-write(1417)","refsource":"XF","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1417"},{"name":"19981130 Security bugs in Excite for Web Servers 1.1","refsource":"BUGTRAQ","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91248445931140&w=2"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1417","name":"excite-world-write(1417)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91248445931140&w=2","name":"19981130 Security bugs in Excite for Web Servers 1.1","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-01T17:02:53.571Z"}}]}}}