CVE-1999-1540 - shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) which allows attackers to easily decrypt and obtain the source code

LOW

shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) which allows attackers to easily decrypt and obtain the source code

Published Sep 12, 2001

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.26%

shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) which allows attackers to easily decrypt and obtain the source code.

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93916168802365&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/1999/shell-lock.txt		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_L0PHT
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3356		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 12, 2001

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Aug 31, 2001

Updated n/a

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Severity n/a

Public date n/a