A weak encryption algorithm is used for passwords in Novell Remote.NLM, allowing them to be easily decrypted.

published 1999-04-09 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0469

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.4%; EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Timeline

1999-04-09 First public exploit (EDB-19364)
1999-04-09 Published

Exploit prediction

3.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-19364 Novell Netware 4.1/4.11 - SP5B Remote.NLM Weak Encryption remote, 1999-04-09

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

securityfocus.com /bid/482
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-1999-0470
NVD CVE-1999-0470

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Summary