CVE-1999-0372
The installer for BackOffice Server includes account names and passwords in a setup file (reboot.ini) which is not deleted.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 4.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
The installer for BackOffice Server includes account names and passwords in a setup file (reboot.ini) which is not deleted.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.19% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 9 February 1999
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows nt · microsoft/backoffice
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ217004
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-005
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ217004
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-005
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.