PT-2000-1889 · Microsoft · Windows 98+2

Published 2000-12-19 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2000-0979

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me versions (affected versions not specified)

Description The File and Print Sharing service does not properly check the password for a file share. This allows remote attackers to bypass share access controls by sending a 1-byte password that matches the first character of the real password.

Recommendations For Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0979

Affected Products

Windows 95

Windows 98

Windows Me

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/Z6543/CVE-2000-0979 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20284 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/1780 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20283 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0979 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-072 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5395 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A996 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97147777618139&w=2 · Note