Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-1164

Title: WinVNC installs WinVNC3 registry key with Everybody read/modify

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2000-1164.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jan 09, 2001

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.50%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-1164: 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.

Impacted Vendors

att 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0253.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1961 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5545 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0253.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1961 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5545

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-1164 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 09, 2001 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.