CVE-2000-0222 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2000-0222?

CVE-2000-0222 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 10 Apr 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0222?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.

How do I fix CVE-2000-0222?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0222 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2000-0222 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0222 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
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Also known as GHSA-vg3x-6jxc-mj3p.