Description
The password protection option for the Compressed Folders feature in Plus! for Windows 98 and Windows Me writes password information to a file, which allows local users to recover the passwords and read the compressed folders.
Published: 2001-05-07
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: 8.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-0152 The password protection option for the Compressed Folders feature in Plus! for Windows 98 and Windows Me writes password information to a file, which allows local users to recover the passwords and read the compressed folders.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:06:55.459Z

Reserved: 2001-02-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0152

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Status : Modified

Published: 2001-05-03T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-0152

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