CVE-2001-0152

Plus vulnerability

CVSS

2.1

EPSS

8.9%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Plus

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published

2001-05-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 8.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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