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

published 1999-02-12 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0372

cvss: 2.1; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.2%; EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Timeline

1999-02-09 First public exploit (EDB-19192)
1999-02-12 Published

Exploit prediction

4.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-19192 Hancom Office 2007 - 'Reboot.ini' Clear-Text Passwords local, 1999-02-09

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

support.microsoft.com /default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ217004
vendor-advisory
docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-005
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-1999-0372
NVD CVE-1999-0372

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Summary