Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 95 (CVE-2000-0979)
Summary
Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 95 (CVE-2000-0979). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2000-0979 has been found in Microsoft Windows 95.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Microsoft Windows 95 CVE-2000-0979" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2000-0979 (Microsoft Windows 95)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Microsoft Windows 95.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Microsoft Windows 95.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Microsoft Windows 95 を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- exploit securityfocus.com
- web marc.info
- web docs.microsoft.com
- web exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- web oval.cisecurity.org