Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 95
CVE-1999-1201
Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems, when configured with multiple TCP/IP stacks bound to the same MAC address, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via a certain ICMP echo (ping) packet, which causes all stacks to send a ping response, aka TCP Chorusing.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.139 (96.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.139 · newest: 0.139 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/225 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7542 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-1999-1201?
- CVE-1999-1201 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 95. Published 1999-02-06.
- Is CVE-1999-1201 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.