VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-0387
A legacy credential caching mechanism used in Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems allows attackers to read plaintext network passwords.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 7.85%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A legacy credential caching mechanism used in Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems allows attackers to read plaintext network passwords.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 7.85% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 95 · microsoft/windows 98
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ168115
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/829
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-052
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ168115
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/829
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-052
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.