CVEvulnerability
CVE-1999-0387
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 1999-11-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-255
Description
A legacy credential caching mechanism used in Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems allows attackers to read plaintext network passwords.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 95
• microsoft windows 98
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ168115 support.microsoft.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/829 www.securityfocus.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-052 docs.microsoft.com
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ168115 support.microsoft.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/829 www.securityfocus.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-052 docs.microsoft.com