Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 95
CVE-2000-1039
Various TCP/IP stacks and network applications allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by flooding a target host with TCP connection attempts and completing the TCP/IP handshake without maintaining the connection state on the attacker host, aka the "NAPTHA" class of vulnerabilities. NOTE: this candidate may change significantly as the security community discusses the technical nature of NAPTHA and learns more about the affected applications. This candidate is at a higher level of abstraction than is typical for CVE.
EPSS: 0.458 (98.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows_95
- Microsoft Windows_98
- Microsoft Windows_98se
- Microsoft Windows_me
- Microsoft Windows_nt — versions 4.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_BINDVIEW, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_WIN2KSEC, mailing-list)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2000-1039?
- CVE-2000-1039 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 95. Published 2001-01-09.
- Is CVE-2000-1039 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.