01 Record
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 62.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-03-09 05:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-01 17:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-08-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f9c2e9045c278470d321c30de67612e80331435fdcf8103c46e80a3cae9419fc
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info19980120 How to recover private keys for various Microsoft productshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88536273725787&w=2
- www.iss.netwin95-nbsmbpwl(71)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/71.php
- support.microsoft.comQ140557http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q140/5/57.asp
- marc.info19951205 Cracked: WINDOWS.PWLhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167418931&w=2
- marc.info19980121 How to recover private keys for various Microsoft productshttp://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=88540877601866&w=2