Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2002-1712
Microsoft Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending a flood of empty TCP/IP packets with the ACK and FIN bits set to the NetBIOS port (TCP/139), as demonstrated by stream3.
EPSS: 0.258 (97.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows_2000
- Microsoft Windows_nt — versions 4.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MSKB)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2002-1712?
- CVE-2002-1712 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 2002-12-31.
- Is CVE-2002-1712 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.