{
    "id": "CVE-2000-0979",
    "published": "2000-12-19 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-09-23 10:10:00",
    "cvss_score": "6.4",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "File and Print Sharing service in Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me does not properly check the password for a file share, which allows remote attackers to bypass share access controls by sending a 1-byte password that matches the first character of the real password, aka the \"Share Level Password\" vulnerability.",
    "epss_score": "0.44987",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98740",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:07:05",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_95"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_98"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_98se"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_me"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "20283",
            "title": "Microsoft Windows 9x/ME - Share Level Password Bypass (1)",
            "date": "2000-10-10",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20283"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "20284",
            "title": "Microsoft Windows 9x/ME - Share Level Password Bypass (2)",
            "date": "2000-10-10",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20284"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97147777618139&w=2",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1780",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-072",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5395",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A996",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97147777618139&w=2",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1780",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-072",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5395",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A996"
    ]
}