CVE-2000-0979

Medium CVSS 6.4

Published 2000-12-19 · last changed 2026-09-23

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0979, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0979

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N