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CVE-2004-2555
Riverdeep FoolProof Security 3.9.x on Windows 98 and Windows ME uses weak cryptography (arithmetic and XOR operations) to relate the…
Low2.1EPSS 0.83%
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Description
Riverdeep FoolProof Security 3.9.x on Windows 98 and Windows ME uses weak cryptography (arithmetic and XOR operations) to relate the Control password to the Administrator password, which allows local users to calculate the Administrator password if they know the Control password and password recovery key.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.83% · top 42% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 6735 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- foolproof-admin-password-recovery(16327) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 11790 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 10467 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20040604 [CYSA-0329] Password recovery vulnerability in FoolProof Security 3.9.x for Windows 95/9 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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)
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