CVE-1999-1540

Low

Published: 04/10/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.26%

17th percentile — higher than 17% of all known CVEs

Shell Lock in Cactus Software uses weak encryption, allowing attackers to easily decrypt and obtain the source code.

Weak encryption may lead to the exposure of sensitive data and source code, posing a security risk to the application.

It is recommended to update the software to a version with stronger encryption or to use alternative methods to protect the source code.

Original NVD description (English source)

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