VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1104
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.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 1.01%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.01%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.01% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 95
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167418931&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88536273725787&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=88540877601866&w=2
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q140/5/57.asp
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/71.php
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167418931&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88536273725787&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=88540877601866&w=2
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q140/5/57.asp
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/71.php
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.