CVE-1999-0585 Hardcoded credentials in n/a

What is CVE-1999-0585?

CVE-1999-0585 is a low-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 4 Feb 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A Windows NT administrator account has the default name of Administrator.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0585?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Nt.

How do I fix CVE-1999-0585?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-1999-0585 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-w6jm-mv22-w3jr.