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CVE-2000-0979

CVE information

Published

23 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

File and Print Sharing service in Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me does not properly check the password for a file share, which allows remote attackers to bypass share access controls by sending a 1-byte password that matches the first character of the real password, aka the "Share Level Password" vulnerability..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.4/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
4.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -