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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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CVE-2000-0979 SMB Share Password Enumerator
auxiliary/scanner/smb/cve_2000_0979
Exploit-DB 2
- Microsoft Windows 9x/ME - Share Level Password Bypass (1) EDB-20283 · remote · Oct 10, 2000 · verified
- Microsoft Windows 9x/ME - Share Level Password Bypass (2) EDB-20284 · remote · Oct 10, 2000 · verified
GitHub 1 repository
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Z6543/CVE-2000-0979 ★ 2 · Oct 26, 2019
CVE-2000-0979
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- MS00-072 vendor-advisory
- win9x-share-level-password(5395) vdb-entry
- 1780 vdb-entry
- 20001012 NSFOCUS SA2000-05: Microsoft Windows 9x NETBIOS password mailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:996 vdb-entry signature