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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-1999-0518

A NETBIOS/SMB share password is guessable.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.79%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A NETBIOS/SMB share password is guessable.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
4.79% probability · 92th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/windows 95
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 4.79%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 4.8% 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.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.