CVE-1999-1277: Backweb Technologies Backweb Client

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

BackWeb client stores the username and password in cleartext for proxy authentication in the Communication registry key, which could allow other local users to gain privileges by reading the password.

Affected products

• Backweb Technologies Backweb Client: any version

Published 1998-12-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.