Overview

What is Microsoft and quot;Share Level Password and quot; Vulnerability?

eliminates a security vulnerability could allow a malicious user to access shared network files without knowing the entire password assigned to that share.

In depth

A closer look at Microsoft and quot;Share Level Password and quot; Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows 9x/Me provides a password protection feature referred to as (share level access) for the File and Print Sharing service. However, due to the way the password feature is currently implemented, a file share could be compromised, by a malicious user who used a special client utility, without that user knowing the entire password required to access that share.

Only share level access permissions are vulnerable. If a Windows 9x or Windows Me machine were part of a Windows NT domain, user-level access controls could be enforced on file shares and passwords would not be needed to allow access to those shares. Windows NT and Windows machines can only be setup with user-level file share access controls and are not susceptible to this vulnerability.

Verdict

Should you download Microsoft and quot;Share Level Password and quot; Vulnerability?

Microsoft and quot;Share Level Password and quot; Vulnerability runs on Windows 95/98/Me and is available under the Freeware license — the installer is 200 KB. We’ve catalogued it under General.

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