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ID CVE-2000-0979
Summary 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.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 6.4 (as of 12-10-2018 - 21:29)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL PARTIAL NONE
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
oval via4
accepted 2005-10-19T05:47:00.000-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Tiffany Bergeron
    organization The MITRE Corporation
  • name Christine Walzer
    organization The MITRE Corporation
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.
family windows
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:996
status accepted
submitted 2004-05-18T12:00:00.000-04:00
title Microsoft Share Level Password Vulnerability
version 65
refmap via4
bid 1780
bugtraq 20001012 NSFOCUS SA2000-05: Microsoft Windows 9x NETBIOS password
xf win9x-share-level-password(5395)
Last major update 12-10-2018 - 21:29
Published 19-12-2000 - 05:00
Last modified 12-10-2018 - 21:29
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