CVE-2001-1260

Public Exploit

Description

Avaya Argent Office uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) for passwords, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges by sniffing and decrypting the sniffing the passwords during a system reboot.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.52%

Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory iss.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/202344	mailing list exploit vendor advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6954.php	vdb entry vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2001-1260?: CVE-2001-1260 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2001-1260?: To fix CVE-2001-1260, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2001-1260 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2001-1260 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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