Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2006-0988
The default configuration of the DNS Server service on Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000, and the Microsoft DNS Server service on Windows NT 4.0, allows recursive queries and provides additional delegation information to arbitrary IP addresses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via DNS queries with spoofed source IP addresses.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.595 (99.1th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.595 · newest: 0.595 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server — versions r2
- Microsoft Windows Nt — versions 4.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- dns.measurement-factory.com/surveys/sum1.html
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426368/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion121605.pdf (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-0988?
- CVE-2006-0988 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 2006-03-03.
- Is CVE-2006-0988 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.