PT-1997-1155 · Microsoft · Windows Nt

Published 1997-01-01 · Updated 2022-08-17 · CVE-1999-0535

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows NT (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns a Windows NT account policy for passwords that has inappropriate security-critical settings. This includes settings for password length, password age, or uniqueness.

Recommendations For Windows NT, consider updating the account policy settings to enforce stronger password requirements, such as increasing the minimum password length, reducing the maximum password age, and ensuring password uniqueness.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0535

Affected Products

Windows Nt

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0535 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0535 · Note