CVE-2000-0222 (GCVE-0-2000-0222)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-04-10 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 05:05
VLAI
Summary
The installation for Windows 2000 does not activate the Administrator password until the system has rebooted, which allows remote attackers to connect to the ADMIN$ share without a password until the reboot occurs.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/990 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pi… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2000-02-15 00:00
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