PT-1999-1513 · Microsoft · Windows Nt

Published 1999-12-16 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-1999-0994

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows NT with SYSKEY

Description The issue allows an attacker to crack passwords due to the reuse of the keystream used for encrypting SAM password hashes.

Recommendations For Windows NT with SYSKEY, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0994

Affected Products

Windows Nt

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0994 · Security Note
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ248183 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/873 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-056 · Note