CVE-1999-1277
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 24th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- backweb technologies/backweb client
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.