CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-1260

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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

Risk Assessment

Weak password encryption poses a significant security risk, enabling attackers to take control of the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to implement stronger password encryption methods and to monitor the system for unauthorized access attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS