CVE-1999-1071: Excite Ews

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Excite for Web Servers (EWS) 1.1 installs the Architext.conf authentication file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to gain access to Excite accounts by modifying the file.

Affected products

• Excite Ews: version 1.1 only

Published 1998-11-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.