What is CVE-1999-1579?

CVE-1999-1579 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt. Published 2000-12-14.

Is CVE-1999-1579 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt

CVE-1999-1579

The Cenroll ActiveX control (xenroll.dll) for Terminal Server Editions of Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0 before SP6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by creating a large number of arbitrary files on the target machine.

EPSS: 0.218 (97.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows_nt — versions 4.0
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MSKB)
cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-1579?: CVE-1999-1579 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt. Published 2000-12-14.
Is CVE-1999-1579 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.