CVE-2000-0222

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

The installation for Windows 2000 does not activate the Administrator password until the system has rebooted, which allows remote attackers to connect to the ADMIN$ share without a password until the reboot occurs.

The installation for Windows 2000 does not activate the Administrator password until the system has rebooted, which allows remote attackers to connect to the ADMIN$ share without a password until the reboot occurs.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 25 years ago

2000-02-15 05:00:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-04-30 14:27:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000

References

990

20000215 Windows 2000 installation process weakness

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