Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000

CVE-1999-1593

Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity loss) or steal credentials via a 1Ch registration that causes WINS to change the domain controller to point to a malicious server. NOTE: this problem may be limited when Windows 95/98 clients are used, or if the primary domain controller becomes unavailable.

EPSS: 0.181 (97.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ, Broken Link)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)