CVEvulnerability
CVE-1999-0994
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 1999-12-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-255
Description
Windows NT with SYSKEY reuses the keystream that is used for encrypting SAM password hashes, allowing an attacker to crack passwords.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows nt 4.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ248183 support.microsoft.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/873 www.securityfocus.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-056 docs.microsoft.com
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ248183 support.microsoft.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/873 www.securityfocus.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-056 docs.microsoft.com