Microsoft » Windows 2000 : Security Vulnerabilities, CVEs,

Windows 95/NT out of band (OOB) data denial of service through NETBIOS port, aka WinNuke.

Windows NT RSHSVC program allows remote users to execute arbitrary commands.

The installer for BackOffice Server includes account names and passwords in a setup file (reboot.ini) which is not deleted.

The Forms 2.0 ActiveX control (included with Visual Basic for Applications 5.0) can be used to read text from a user's clipboard when the user accesses documents with ActiveX content.

The cryptographic challenge of SMB authentication in Windows 95 and Windows 98 can be reused, allowing an attacker to replay the response and impersonate a user.

NETBIOS share information may be published through SNMP registry keys in NT.

A Windows NT local user or administrator account has a guessable password.

A Windows NT local user or administrator account has a default, null, blank, or missing password.

A Windows NT domain user or administrator account has a guessable password.

A Windows NT domain user or administrator account has a default, null, blank, or missing password.

IP forwarding is enabled on a machine which is not a router or firewall.

A NETBIOS/SMB share password is the default, null, or missing.

A Windows NT user has inappropriate rights or privileges, e.g. Act as System, Add Workstation, Backup, Change System Time, Create Pagefile, Create Permanent Object, Create Token Name, Debug, Generate Security Audit, Increase Priority, Increase Quota, Load Driver, Lock Memory, Profile Single Process, Remote Shutdown, Replace Process Token, Restore, System Environment, Take Ownership, or Unsolicited Input.

A Windows NT account policy for passwords has inappropriate, security-critical settings, e.g. for password length, password age, or uniqueness.

The registry in Windows NT can be accessed remotely by users who are not administrators.

.reg files are associated with the Windows NT registry editor (regedit), making the registry susceptible to Trojan Horse attacks.

A Windows NT account policy has inappropriate, security-critical settings for lockout, e.g. lockout duration, lockout after bad logon attempts, etc.

A Windows NT administrator account has the default name of Administrator.

A system does not present an appropriate legal message or warning to a user who is accessing it.

A Windows NT system does not clear the system page file during shutdown, which might allow sensitive information to be recorded.

A version of finger is running that exposes valid user information to any entity on the network.

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Phone Dialer (dialer.exe), via a malformed dialer entry in the dialer.ini file.

Buffer overflow in Remote Access Service (RAS) client allows an attacker to execute commands or cause a denial of service via a malformed phonebook entry.

Buffer overflow in Windows NT 4.0 help file utility via a malformed help file.

A remote attacker can disable the virus warning mechanism in Microsoft Excel 97.