Weak Encryption in Avaya Argent Office Allows Remote Attackers to Gain Administrator Privileges

Weak Encryption in Avaya Argent Office Allows Remote Attackers to Gain Administrator Privileges

CVE-2001-1260 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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