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CVE-2000-0979

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 75.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-12-19 · updated 2026-09-23

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 95: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 98Se: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Me: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97147777618139&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1780
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-072
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5395
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A996
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97147777618139&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1780
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-072
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5395
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A996

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