CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1104

4.6 MEDIUM Published 1999-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Windows 95 uses weak encryption for the password list (.pwl) file used when password caching is enabled, which allows local users to gain privileges by decrypting the passwords.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 95

References