6.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2000-0979
Windows File and Print Sharing Service Share Level Password Weakness
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 19, 2000, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 12, 2018, 9:29 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2000-0979 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2000-0979 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_95
2 Microsoft windows_98
3 Microsoft windows_98se
4 Microsoft windows_me
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 26, 2024, 1:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 233 different CVEs too.

Collection of Windows Privilege Escalation (Analyse/PoC/Exp...)

Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago
296 stars 59 fork 59 watcher
Born at : April 22, 2021, 3:29 a.m. This repo has been linked 233 different CVEs too.

CVE-2000-0979

Ruby

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Oct. 26, 2019, 2:40 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2000-0979 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2000-0979 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS00-072.asp [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-072 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/static/5395.php [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:996 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A996 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5395 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=97147777618139&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97147777618139&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 01, 2004

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2000-0979 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2000-0979 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.90 }} 0.06%

score

0.92101

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability