CVE
- Id
- 2644
- CVE No.
- CVE-2000-1076
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- Netscape (iPlanet) Certificate Management System 4.2 and Directory Server 4.12 stores the administrative password in plaintext, which could allow local and possibly remote attackers to gain administrative privileges on the server.
- Phase
- Proposed (20001129)
- Votes
- ACCEPT(3) Baker, Frech, Mell | NOOP(2) Christey, Cole
- Comments
- Christey> Partial vendor acknowledgement at: | http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/cms/42/relnotes/release_notes.html | "By default, Administration Server administrator"s password | (also known as the SIE password) is stored in clear text in the | adm.conf file. | This does not usually pose a security threat because most | administrators use their Operating System"s security features to | ensure that the file is protected from other users."
