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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

Published Mar 9, 2002

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (6)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 9, 2002
Updated Aug 1, 2024
Reserved Aug 31, 2001
Link CVE-1999-1104
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-1999-1104
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-1999-1104
ENISA EUVD
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 9, 2002
Updated Aug 1, 2024
Exploited since n/a
Link EUVD-1999-1085
EUVD-1999-1085