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CVE-2000-1164
WinVNC installs the WinVNC3 registry key with permissions that give Special Access (read and modify) to the Everybody group, which allows…
High9.0EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 20001118 WinVNC 3.3.x (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1961 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- winvnc-modify-registry(5545) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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