CVE-2000-0979: Microsoft Windows 95

Medium severity, CVSS 6.4. EPSS: 75.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 95: any version
• Microsoft Windows 98: any version
• Microsoft Windows 98se: any version
• Microsoft Windows Me: any version

Published 2000-12-19. Last modified 2026-09-23.