CVE-1999-0582 describes a misconfiguration vulnerability in Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 where account lockout policies (e.g., lockout duration, threshold for bad logon attempts) are set insecurely. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) has a network attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to denial of service (A:P) by locking out legitimate users. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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