CVE-1999-1104

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 25 years ago

1999-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:01:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 95

References

19951205 Cracked: WINDOWS.PWL

19980120 How to recover private keys for various Microsoft products

19980121 How to recover private keys for various Microsoft products

Q140557

win95-nbsmbpwl(71)

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