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CVE-2000-0979
File and Print Sharing service in Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me does not properly check the password for a file share, which…
Medium6.4EPSS 75.1%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 75.1% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- MS00-072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- win9x-share-level-password(5395) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1780 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20001012 NSFOCUS SA2000-05: Microsoft Windows 9x NETBIOS password (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:996 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .