{"id":"CVE-1999-0372","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-0372","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:34:07.383Z","title":"The installer for BackOffice Server includes account names and passwords in a setup file (reboot.ini) which is not deleted.","description":"The installer for BackOffice Server includes account names and passwords in a setup file (reboot.ini) which is not deleted.","published":"1999-02-12T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:48:15.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["microsoft/windows 2000","microsoft/windows nt","microsoft/backoffice"],"epss":{"score":0.04186,"percentile":0.9086,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"1999-02-09","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":19192,"kind":"exploit","title":"Hancom Office 2007 - 'Reboot.ini' Clear-Text Passwords","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19192","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/19192.txt","file":"exploits/windows/local/19192.txt","published":"1999-02-09","added":"1999-02-09","updated":"2012-06-16","author":"Russ Cooper","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-1999-0372","OSVDB-11490"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/228/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ217004","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-005","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ217004","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-005","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0372","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}