CVE-2000-1164 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

WinVNC installs the WinVNC3 registry key with permissions that give Special Access (read and modify) to the Everybody group, which allows users to read and modify sensitive information such as passwords and gain access to the system.

Published: 2001-05-07

Score: 9.0 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:att:winvnc:3.3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:att:winvnc:3.3.3r7:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-1149	WinVNC installs the WinVNC3 registry key with permissions that give Special Access (read and modify) to the Everybody group, which allows users to read and modify sensitive information such as passwords and gain access to the system.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0037.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0253.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1961
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5545

History

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Subscriptions

Att Winvnc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:37.415Z

Reserved: 2000-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-1164

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-01-09T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-1164

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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