Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
CVE-2010-4669
The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and system hang) by sending many Router Advertisement (RA) messages with different source addresses, as demonstrated by the flood_router6 program in the thc-ipv6 package.
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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: 0.291 (98.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.291 · newest: 0.291 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45760 (vdb-entry)
- mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp4-h264-HQ/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp4
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64583 (vdb-entry)
- mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp3-audio-only/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp3 (Exploit)
- events.ccc.de/congress/2010/Fahrplan/events/3957.en.html (Exploit)
- www.youtube.com/watch (Exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-4669?
- CVE-2010-4669 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, classified under CWE-399. Published 2011-01-07.
- Is CVE-2010-4669 known to be exploited?
- 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.