CVE

Id
2365  
CVE No.
CVE-2000-0789  
Status
Candidate  
Description
WinU 5.x and earlier uses weak encryption to store its configuration password, which allows local users to decrypt the password and gain privileges.  
Phase
Proposed (20000921)  
Votes
ACCEPT(1) Williams | MODIFY(2) Baker, Frech | NOOP(3) Christey, Cole, Wall | REVIEWING(1) Levy  
Comments
Frech> XF:winu-backdoor(5376) | Christey> ADDREF BID:1741 | ADDREF URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1741 | Baker> Since there are apparently two different methods of weak encryption, perhaps the description should read " ... used weak encryption methods.."